La bataille de Gembloux - Gembloux, Namur, Belgique - Orientation Tables on Waymarking.com

[FR]

"La table d'orientation montre les emplacements et déplacements des troupes françaises (Bleu) et allemandes (rouge). Les défenses s'étendaient d'Ottignies à Bovesse.

La bataille de Gembloux est livrée entre l'Armée française et les Allemands du 14 au 15 mai 1940 lors de la campagne de France pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

Elle représente une éphémère victoire tactique qui permet de retarder la progression allemande, se terminant toutefois par une retraite française. Cependant, à ce moment, les Allemands ne remportent pas encore la victoire stratégique décisive qu'ils recherchent depuis la percée de Sedan."

[EN]

"The orientation table shows the locations and movements of the French (blue) and German (red) troops. The defences extended from Ottignies to Bovesse.

The Battle of Gembloux was fought between the French Army and the Germans from 14 to 15 May 1940 during the French campaign in the Second World War.

It represents a short-lived tactical victory that allows to delay the German advance, ending however with a French retreat. However, at this point, the Germans had not yet achieved the decisive strategic victory they had been seeking since the Sedan breakthrough."

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Artist / Creator: Franco-Belgian Committee Date of creation: 11 May 1975 Location / Access: Located at the intersection of rue de Penteville and ravel line 147 (a autonomous network of slow ways between Sombreffe - Grand-Leez)

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