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France 1940 Maps
France 1940 Maps
The Pentagoet History of the 1940 French Campaign includes some ninety detailed static maps, and ten detailed animated maps of key events of the campaign and the battle. These maps have been generated from French and German situations maps and accounts of the battle
 
Sample Maps
 
 
Northeast France
10 May 1940
Strategic View
  
A strategic-level map of the the Low Countries, North-East France, Western Germany and the UK. It shows the positions of the opposing armies as they started the campaign in the West on 10 May 1940.
 
 
Northeast France
13 May 1940
Strategic View
  
A strategic-level map of the the Low Countries, North-East France, Western Germany and the UK. It shows the positions of the opposing armies on the evening of 13 May 1940, after the German crossings of the Meuse River had been effected.
 
 
 
France 1940
Animation
  

An animation of the entire 1940 Campaign, on a divisional and brigade level
 
 
 
Sedan Crossing
Area of Operations
13 May 1930
Operational View
  
The Sedan area where the main crossings took place on 13 May and where the battles of the bridge head occurred ove the following days.
 
 
Sedan Defenses
13 May 1930
  
French defenses along the Meuse River where the German crossings were performed.
 
 
Sedan Crossing
1800 13 May 1940
Tactical View
  
Tactical situation at Sedan during the crossing operation as of 1800.
 
 
Houx Crossing
13 May 1930
Operational View
  
Even before GUDERIAN's XIX Korps readied to assault across the Meuse River at Sedan, HOTH's XV Korps had reached the river at Houx and had exploited the local situation and topography to get some infantry across before the French defenders were in place.
 
The Pentagoet History of the French Campaign of 1940 has over 90 static maps in multiple scales, and 10 animated maps. The static maps are interlinked, and individual units are tied by hypertext to the Order of Battle.