North of Cambrai*
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Date: May 20, 1940*
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Battle Location: North of Cambrai, France*
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Battle Type: France delay vs Germany advance*
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Description: In order to relieve the pressure on the 7th German Panzer Division commanded by Erwin Rommel a German attack began moving near Cambrai in an area held by Moroccan troops. The fight between the French colonial forces and the Germans became a bloody day long engagement with vicious hand to hand fighting in several small villages, and even saw French armour join the fray. The Germans belonged to a  formation recently released from the OKH reserve, and this was their first true battle. It would quickly become one of the more notorious and even despised German units of WWII. It's name; Division Totenkopf.*
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Sources: Sydnor, C - Soldiers of Destruction*
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Design by: Ulf Lundstrom**
