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The Battle of Abbeville took place from 27 May to 4 June 1940, near Abbeville during the Battle of France in the Second World War. On 20 May, the 2nd Panzer Division advanced 56 mi (90 km) to Abbeville on the English Channel, overran the 25th Infantry Brigade of the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division and captured the town at 8:30 p.m. Only a few British survivors managed to retreat to the south bank of the Somme and at 2:00 a.m. on 21 May, the III Battalion, Rifle Regiment 2 reached the coast, west of Noyelles-sur-Mer.

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  • The Battle of Abbeville took place from 27 May to 4 June 1940, near Abbeville during the Battle of France in the Second World War. On 20 May, the 2nd Panzer Division advanced 56 mi (90 km) to Abbeville on the English Channel, overran the 25th Infantry Brigade of the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division and captured the town at 8:30 p.m. Only a few British survivors managed to retreat to the south bank of the Somme and at 2:00 a.m. on 21 May, the III Battalion, Rifle Regiment 2 reached the coast, west of Noyelles-sur-Mer. The 1st Armoured Division (Major-General Roger Evans) arrived in France from 15 May without artillery, short of an armoured regiment and the infantry of the , which had been diverted to Calais. From 27 May to 4 June, attacks by the Franco-British force south of the Abbeville bridgehead, held by the 2nd Panzer Division, then the 57th Infantry Division, recaptured about half of the area; the Allied forces lost many of their tanks and the Germans much of their infantry, some units running back over the River Somme. On 5 June, the divisions of the German 4th Army attacked out of the bridgeheads south of the Somme and pushed back the Franco-British divisions opposite, which had been much depleted by their counter-attacks, to the Bresle with many casualties. In 1953, the British official historian, Lionel Ellis, wrote that the Allies lacked battlefield co-ordination, which contributed to the Allied failure to defeat the Germans and magnified the cost of lack of preparation and underestimation of the German defences south of the Somme. In 2001, Caddick-Adams also wrote of the chronic lack of battlefield communication within and between the British and French divisions, which was caused by a shortage of radios and led to elementary and costly tactical errors. The lack of communication continued after reinforcement by the 51st (Highland) Infantry Division (Major-General Victor Fortune) and French armoured and infantry divisions. The Germans had committed substantial forces to the bridgeheads, despite the operations in the north, that culminated in the Dunkirk evacuation (26 May – 3 June). The Somme crossings at Abbeville and elsewhere were still available on 5 June, for Fall Rot (Case Red), the final German offensive, which brought about the defeat of France. (en)
  • Die Schlacht bei Abbeville wurde vom 28. Mai bis 4. Juni 1940 zwischen Wehrmachtstruppen und französisch-britischen Panzerverbänden während des Westfeldzugs im Zweiten Weltkrieg ausgetragen. Die deutschen Truppen, die einen Brückenkopf um Abbeville am Unterlauf der Somme besetzt hielten, konnten ihre Stellung halten und dabei über 300 Panzer der Gegner zerstören. Ziel des alliierten Vorstoßes war es, die Verbindung zwischen den südlich der Somme stehenden Hauptkräften der französischen Armee und den bei Dünkirchen stehenden verbündeten Truppen wiederherzustellen und dabei gleichzeitig die zum Kanal vorgedrungenen deutschen Panzerspitzen abzuschneiden. (de)
  • La bataille d'Abbeville est une bataille de la Seconde Guerre mondiale durant la bataille de France qui se déroula du 27 mai au 4 juin 1940, opposant les forces franco-britanniques aux forces allemandes. En même temps que l'évacuation de Dunkerque et profitant que les forces blindées allemandes soient stoppées, le général Weygand, qui vient de remplacer Gamelin à la tête des armées, tente à tout prix de creuser une route d'évasion à Abbeville. (fr)
  • 阿布维尔戰役'（法語：Bataille d'Abbeville）發生於1940年5月27日至6月4日，是第二次世界大战法國戰役中的一場交戰。當時德軍裝甲部隊的進攻被阻饒，剛接替莫里斯·甘末林擔任法軍指揮官的馬克西姆·魏剛不顧一切試圖在阿布維爾打通一處缺口。 (zh)
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  • Die Schlacht bei Abbeville wurde vom 28. Mai bis 4. Juni 1940 zwischen Wehrmachtstruppen und französisch-britischen Panzerverbänden während des Westfeldzugs im Zweiten Weltkrieg ausgetragen. Die deutschen Truppen, die einen Brückenkopf um Abbeville am Unterlauf der Somme besetzt hielten, konnten ihre Stellung halten und dabei über 300 Panzer der Gegner zerstören. Ziel des alliierten Vorstoßes war es, die Verbindung zwischen den südlich der Somme stehenden Hauptkräften der französischen Armee und den bei Dünkirchen stehenden verbündeten Truppen wiederherzustellen und dabei gleichzeitig die zum Kanal vorgedrungenen deutschen Panzerspitzen abzuschneiden. (de)
  • La bataille d'Abbeville est une bataille de la Seconde Guerre mondiale durant la bataille de France qui se déroula du 27 mai au 4 juin 1940, opposant les forces franco-britanniques aux forces allemandes. En même temps que l'évacuation de Dunkerque et profitant que les forces blindées allemandes soient stoppées, le général Weygand, qui vient de remplacer Gamelin à la tête des armées, tente à tout prix de creuser une route d'évasion à Abbeville. (fr)
  • 阿布维尔戰役'（法語：Bataille d'Abbeville）發生於1940年5月27日至6月4日，是第二次世界大战法國戰役中的一場交戰。當時德軍裝甲部隊的進攻被阻饒，剛接替莫里斯·甘末林擔任法軍指揮官的馬克西姆·魏剛不顧一切試圖在阿布維爾打通一處缺口。 (zh)
  • The Battle of Abbeville took place from 27 May to 4 June 1940, near Abbeville during the Battle of France in the Second World War. On 20 May, the 2nd Panzer Division advanced 56 mi (90 km) to Abbeville on the English Channel, overran the 25th Infantry Brigade of the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division and captured the town at 8:30 p.m. Only a few British survivors managed to retreat to the south bank of the Somme and at 2:00 a.m. on 21 May, the III Battalion, Rifle Regiment 2 reached the coast, west of Noyelles-sur-Mer. (en)
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  • Schlacht bei Abbeville (de)
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  • 阿布維爾戰役 (zh)
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