{"id":57875,"date":"2020-06-15T04:00:05","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T08:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=57875"},"modified":"2021-06-25T08:59:28","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T12:59:28","slug":"the-battle-that-saved-an-army-arras-1940-the-tank-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2020\/06\/15\/the-battle-that-saved-an-army-arras-1940-the-tank-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"The Battle that Saved an Army | Arras 1940 | The Tank Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EPKp-GKgbl0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>The Tank Museum<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 17 May 2020<\/p>\n<p>Encircled by the Germans in North-West France, the Battle of Arras, 21st May 1940, was a successful Allied counter-attack which allowed French and British troops to be evacuated at Dunkirk. Curator David Willey, presents his talk on the WW2 Battle of Arras from home.<\/p>\n<p>For more on the Blitzkrieg see David&#8217;s Tank Story Hall tour <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eysQaRhz4DI\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eysQa&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Support the work of The Tank Museum on Patreon: \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/tankmuseum\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/tankmuseum<\/a><br \/>\nVisit The Tank Museum SHOP &#038; become a Friend: \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/tankmuseumshop.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/tankmuseumshop.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twitter: \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TankMuseum\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/TankMuseum<\/a><br \/>\nInstagram: \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tankmuseum\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tankmuseum\/<\/a><br \/>\nTiger Tank Blog: \u25ba <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.tiger-tank.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/blog.tiger-tank.com\/<\/a><br \/>\nTank 100 First World War Centenary Blog: \u25ba <a href=\"http:\/\/tank100.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/tank100.com\/<\/a> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_2020-06-15a-The-Battle-that-Saved-an-Army-Arras-1940-The-Tank-Museum.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_2020-06-15a-The-Battle-that-Saved-an-Army-Arras-1940-The-Tank-Museum-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-57888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_2020-06-15a-The-Battle-that-Saved-an-Army-Arras-1940-The-Tank-Museum-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_2020-06-15a-The-Battle-that-Saved-an-Army-Arras-1940-The-Tank-Museum-853x480.png 853w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_2020-06-15a-The-Battle-that-Saved-an-Army-Arras-1940-The-Tank-Museum-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_2020-06-15a-The-Battle-that-Saved-an-Army-Arras-1940-The-Tank-Museum-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_2020-06-15a-The-Battle-that-Saved-an-Army-Arras-1940-The-Tank-Museum.png 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tank Museum Published 17 May 2020 Encircled by the Germans in North-West France, the Battle of Arras, 21st May 1940, was a successful Allied counter-attack which allowed French and British troops to be evacuated at Dunkirk. 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