Panzergruppe Kleist
Army · Germany · August 26, 1939 – November 16, 1940
German armoured group under Ewald von Kleist that led the breakthrough at Sedan and the dash to the sea.
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Movements
- September 1 – October 6, 1939 Invasion of Poland
- May 10, 1940 Battle of France Luxembourg: enters the Ardennes Map
- May 13, 1940 Battle of Sedan Map
- May 17, 1940 Breaks out west across Picardy (approximate) Map
- May 20, 1940 Abbeville: Allied armies in Belgium cut off Map
- May 24, 1940 – June 4, 1940 Battle of Dunkirk Aa canal, near Dunkirk Map
- June 20, 1940 Lyon Map