Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle attacked the German bridgehead south of the Somme at Abbeville
Time: May, 1940
Place: Abbeville, France
Details: On 28–29 May, de Gaulle attacked the German bridgehead south of the Somme at Abbeville, taking around 400 German prisoners in the last attempt to cut an escape route for the Allied forces falling back on Dunkirk.
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