Battle of Arras (1940)

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The Battle of Arras (1940) was a British-led counterattack against advancing German forces during the Battle of France in World War II, notable for briefly disrupting the German offensive with a concentrated tank assault.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Battle of Arras (1940) canonical 3
Battle of Arras (21 May 1940) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Arras counter-attack ⓘ
Battle of Arras (21 May 1940) ⓘ
belligerent France ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
commander Erwin Rommel ⓘ
Harold Franklyn ⓘ
Hermann Hoth ⓘ
Maxime Weygand ⓘ
conflict Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
countryInvolved France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
followedBy continued German advance to the Channel coast ⓘ
encirclement of Allied forces in northern France and Belgium ⓘ
hasEndDate 1940-05-21 ⓘ
hasParticipant British 1st Army Tank Brigade ⓘ
British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division ⓘ
British 5th Infantry Division ⓘ
British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
French 3e Division Légère Mécanique ⓘ
French 4e Division Cuirassée ⓘ
French Army ⓘ
German 5th Panzer Division ⓘ
linked to: 5th Panzer Division

German 7th Panzer Division ⓘ
linked to: 7th Panzer Division

German Army Group A ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
hasStartDate 1940-05-21 ⓘ
location Arras ⓘ
France ⓘ
Pas-de-Calais ⓘ
notableFor British-led counterattack against German armoured forces ⓘ
briefly alarming German high command ⓘ
concentrated tank assault ⓘ
influencing temporary halt orders in German advance ⓘ
objective to counterattack German armoured spearheads ⓘ
partOf Battle of France ⓘ
precededBy German breakthrough at Sedan ⓘ
relatedTo Dunkirk evacuation ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Dunkirk
result German tactical victory ⓘ
temporary disruption of German advance ⓘ
theatre Western Front (World War II) ⓘ
usedWeapon British cruiser tanks ⓘ
German Panzer I ⓘ
linked to: PzKpfw I

German Panzer II ⓘ
linked to: Panzer II

German Panzer III ⓘ
linked to: Panzer III

German Panzer IV ⓘ
linked to: Panzer IV tanks

Matilda I tank ⓘ
Matilda II tank ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arras → wasSiteOf → Battle of Arras (1940) ⓘ
Matilda II infantry tank → usedInTheater → Battle of Arras (1940) ⓘ
subject linked to: Matilda II infantry tanks
Battle of Arras (1914) → distinguishedFrom → Battle of Arras (1940) ⓘ
Battle of Arras (1940) → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Arras (21 May 1940) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Arras (1940)