20 May 1940

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Western Front

German troops reach the old Somme battlefield

Guderian's Panzer Corp, part of Kleist's armoured group, reaches the Channel at Abbeville, cutting the Allied armies in two.

Seyss-Inquart appointed Reichskommissar for Nazi-occupied Holland


How to cite this article: Rickard, J (28 December 2007), 20 May 1940, http://www.historyofwar.org/secondworldwar/date/1940_05_20.html

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