3 May 1940
Norway
It is announced that Allied forces have been evacuated from Mamsos
RAF aircraft bomb Stavanger, Fornebu and Ry
Eastern Front
Colonel General Ewald von Kleist takes command of First Panzer Army
Books
Hitler's Panzer Armies on the Eastern Front, Robert Kirchubel. A 'unit history' written on the largest scale, tracing the campaigns fought by the four Panzer Armies on the Eastern Front, from their roles in the early German victories, to their eventual defeat and destruction in the ruins of the Reich. A very useful contribution to the literature on the Eastern Front. [
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How to cite this article: Rickard, J (28 December 2007), 3 May 1940, http://www.historyofwar.org/secondworldwar/date/1940_05_03.html
