Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle attacked again and his forces were once again devastated
Time: Sunday May 19, 1940
Place: Montcornet, France
Details: Charles attacked again on 19 May and his forces were once again devastated by German Stukas and artillery. He ignored orders from General Georges to withdraw, and in the early afternoon demanded two more divisions from Touchon, who refused his request.
Related
Near
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle delayed his retreat
Monday May 20, 1940 - Montcornet, France
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle gave a talk on French radio
Tuesday May 21, 1940 - Montcornet, France
Unification of Italy-Battle of Sedan
1870 - Sedan, Ardennes, France
Charles de Gaulle-The Germans broke through at Sedan
Wednesday May 15, 1940 - France
World War 1-Battle of the Frontiers
Saturday Aug 22, 1914 - Belgium and France
On This Day - 19 May
George Washington-Letter to General Moses Hazen
Sunday May 19, 1782 - U.S.
German revolutions of 1848–1849-Closing down the newspaper
Saturday May 19, 1849 - Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
Abraham Lincoln-Republican National Convention in Chicago
Saturday May 19, 1860 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Ho Chi Minh-Born
Monday May 19, 1890 - Kim Liên, Nam Đàn District, Nghe An, Vietnam
Disasters with highest death tolls-Mount Kelud
Monday May 19, 1919 - Indonesia
May 1940
World War II-The Norway Debate
Tuesday May 7, 1940 - London, England, United Kingdom
Winston Churchill-Norway Debate
Tuesday May 7, 1940 - London, England, United Kingdom
Winston Churchill-Churchill had won the doubters over and his successor as party leader was a formality
Thursday May 9, 1940 - London, England, United Kingdom
Adolf Hitler-Germany attacked France
Friday May 10, 1940 - France
World War II-Neville Chamberlain resignation
Friday May 10, 1940 - London, England, United Kingdom
1940
Second Sino-Japanese War-China's first Large-Scale Counter-offensive
1940 - China
John F. Kennedy-Graduated
1940 - Cambridge, Massachusrtts, U.S.
Albert Einstein-American Citizen
1940 - U.S.
Ho Chi Minh-He began regularly using the name Hồ Chí Minh
1940 - China
Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)-Schindler Interest
1940 - Kraków, Poland