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	Gembloux (Municipality, Province of Namur, Belgium) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Gembloux is the crossroads of RN4 (Brussels-Namur) and RN29 (Charleroi-Tirlemont).
		In the XVIIth century, Gembloux was ruined by the wars of Louis XIV against Spain; a fortuitous blaze achieved the ruin of the city on 6 August 1678.
		The municipal flag of Gembloux, as confirmed by the municipal administration, is vertically divided fl and white, the colours of the municipal coat of arms.
	fotw.vexillum.com /flags/be-wnage.html (1343 words)

	Gembloux guide by Sarah Dudfield
		Gembloux is very close to the geographical centre of Belgium and lies in the province of Namur in the region of Wallonia about 50 kilometres south-east of Brussels and 20 kilometres north-west of Namur.
		Gembloux was by this time under the protection of the Counts of Louvain who later became the Dukes of Brabant and was besieged in 1136, 1156 and 1185 by the counts of Namur and suffered terrible damage as a result.
		From the 16th century the abbot was known as the count-abbot of Gembloux and the domain of the abbey was extended to include the villages of Liroux, Grand-Manil, Bertinchamps and Lonzée.
	www.lborotwinning.freeuk.com /gemblouxguide.htm (9259 words)

	Batailles
		Battle of Mühlberg (Germany) in 1547: Imperial victory against the protestant princes.
		The battles of St Quentin and Gravelines, recognised the end of the French dream in Italy and the impossibility for the Spanish King to recover the Duchy of Burgundy, the peace was signed in Cateau Cambresis in 1559.
		Battle of Nordlingen (Germany) in 1634: Victory of the Catholics against the main Swedish/Protestant army.
	www.geocities.com /ao1617/Battle.html (5853 words)

	Battle of Dunkirk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Battle of Dunkirk (French: Bataille de Dunkerque) was a major battle during World War II which lasted from May 26 to June 4, 1940.
		A series of Allied counterattacks, including the Battle of Arras, failed to sever the German spearhead, which reached the coast on May 20, separating the British Expeditionary Force near Armentières, the French First Army, and the Belgian army further to the north from the majority of French troops south of the German penetration.
		The German Panzerschiff (a heavy cruiser) Admiral Graf Spee was sunk in the Battle of the River Plate by the British and New Zealand navies.
	libraryoflibrary.com /E_n_c_p_d_Battle_of_Dunkirk.html (11485 words)

	The Battle of Kursk
		The Battle of Kursk is one of the most familiar battles of the Eastern Front.
		The Kursk salient that the Germans hoped to surround and destroy was a result of the battles in the winter and spring of 1943.
		Myth #2: The battle at Prokhorovka was the largest tank battle in history.
	www.uni.edu /~licari/citadel.htm (1538 words)

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		one of the only reasons why britain won/survived the battle of britain was the number of spitfires it had; if britain had chosen to continue the battle of france and committed its spitfires there, if germany had brought the air war to britain it would have turned out completely differently.
		Battle of Britain may not have been different (as i said the british wouldn't have to send reinforcement, the french already 'saved' the navy and the airforce component) The two main problem being that Germany may not have attack the USSR with a clear second front in north Africa.
		In the actual battle these factors became critical, and a French armored division was decimated by a German panzer attack while it was in the process of refueling.
	www.strategypage.com /messageboards/messages/30-53359.asp (4859 words)

	REQUEST: Tank Battles 1939 - 2006 - Military Photos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		I think the biggest tank battle was the Battle of Kursk during WWII between Germany and USSR...
		But the first big battle of tank of WWII wan NOT the battle of Gembloux but the battle of Hannut that took place just before and witch could be also see as a defensive victory.
		During the battle, the advancing German tanks were very often attacked on the flanks and the rear by the French tanks.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?t=83226 (3233 words)

	The Battle of Quatre-Bras
		The battle was fought around the crossroads of Quatre-Bras, a small hamlet with only four houses.
		Knowing the Emperor's battle plan and that d'Erlon's corps was needed at Ligny, he hastily wrote the note in the Emperor's name.
		Ney was furious when he saw one of his corps marching away from the battle and sent an order for it to turn around immediately and join him.
	www.fortunecity.com /victorian/riley/787/Napoleon/100/quat.html (2154 words)

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		I usually think of the the Gembloux battle as seperate from the fight around Hannaut-Merdorp since it was primarily French infantry corps that fought at the former.
		The battle of Hannut shows that the Somua S35 tank can be at least the equal of the Panzer III and that the Panzer I and Panzer II are rather useless against the French tanks.
		The use of such a French tank corps is unique during the 1940 campaign except perhaps the formation of the "groupement Buisson" beginning June for the battles on the Aisne and Retourne Rivers south of Rethel which grouped the 3e DCR and the 7e DLM.
	www.strategypage.com /militaryforums/2-15530.aspx (1655 words)

	Battle of Gembloux - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On January 31, 1578, an advance force of 1,200 men from the main Spanish army of 20,000 men attacked the retreating Netherlandish army of around 20,000 men.
		The small force under Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza succeeded in creating a panic and destroyed the Netherlandish army at Gembloux.
		This article about a battle in Spanish history is a stub.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Gembloux (213 words)

	The Battle Of Gembloux
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	www.ne-quid-nimis.info /190/the-battle-of-gembloux.html (651 words)

	Gembloux
		The battle of Gembloux in 1940 was one of the key battles of the conquest of France.
		This game is part of the French Blitzkrieg series which will be covering the key battles of the campaign.
		The series is designed to be fast and easy to learn but with enough options to make several playings a must.
	www.geocities.com /schutze_games/Gembloux.html (93 words)

	Fire and Fury Games' Battlefront:WWII Coldwars 2006
		This year Pete put on a Bocage battle and then Mike and Pete teamed up to present the Battle of Gembloux in the Blitzkrieg period.
		Gembloux was one of the few battles where the French opposing the Blitzkrieg more than held their own.
		A view of the whole battle, showing the infantry in the center and the cavalry on the flanks.
	www.fireandfury.com /conventions/cw2006.php (986 words)

	Intelligence and the Battle for France [Archive] - Armchair General Forums
		Hold your horses gentlemen, Dave is talking about the Battle of France, that is the May-June 1940 campaign in the west (at least thats what I understand).
		The Dyle Plan was designed to keep the battle away from French territory and it was not that bad a plan.
		The French did surprisingly well at the Battle of Gembloux Gap, considering they were outnumbered and without air support.
	www.armchairgeneral.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-37808.html (1116 words)

	The Battle of Waterloo
		Blücher wanted to call it the battle of La-Belle-Alliance but Wellington won the discussion: he called it the battle of Waterloo because that sounded more English and his headquarters was at Waterloo during the battle.
		Actually it should be called the battle of Braine-L'Alleud since it was fought on the territory of that city.
		As commander in chief, nobody expected Napoleon to lead the assault himself but leaving such an important attack at the discretion of the unreliable Marshal Ney, after all the errors he made in the previous three days, was at least very unwise and most certainly dangerous.
	www.fortunecity.com /victorian/riley/787/Napoleon/100/waterloo.html (4718 words)

	dmuss's Xanga Site
		It was the WWII battle of Gembloux Gap where the Germans were trying to push into France.
		I played a French commander and rotated through different commands over the 3 days of battle (each day was represented by about 4 hours of play, then each board would have the lines of attack adjusted based upon the advantages of the field).
		On the third day of battle I was on the right flank commanding a small unit of French tanks against overstrength German armor unit.
	www.xanga.com /dmuss (802 words)

	Axis History Factbook: The French Cavalry Corps in 1940 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Note that during this battle each division had to defend a 5-7 km front as intended for a French infantry division instead of 20-30 km for the infantry divisions around Sedan.
		The Gembloux gap is a wide rural plain with numerous towns, big farms and several woods.
		But Gembloux was a case where the German high command refused to recognize the lesson of the limitations of mechanized attack against a conventional defense.
	www.axishistory.com /index.php?id=6699 (14554 words)

	JMH Abstracts: Vol. 64, No. 1
		His work at the Infantry and Cavalry School advanced the cause of Army postgraduate education, while his observations of the Santiago campaign and subsequent work in military maneuvers served as the earliest examples of Army lesson-learning.
		Jeffery A. Gunsburg, "The Battle of Gembloux, 1415 May 1940: The 'Blitzkrieg' Checked," Journal of Military History 64/1: 97-140.
		The Vietnam conflict was tearing at the heart of America in 1968, a year marked by the Tet Offensive and the battle of Khe Sanh.
	www.smh-hq.org /jmh/volumes/jmh641/abs641.html (645 words)

	Evere (Municipality, Region of Brussels-Capital, Belgium) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Evere was later transferred to Henri de Woude, who was killed in 1415 in the battle of Agincourt.
		After the battle of Brouwershaven, Duke of Burgundy Philippe le Bon dubbed him Knight; he was later appointed stadhouder of Holland, met Duchess of Brabant Jacqueline de Bavière and married her secretely.
		The two brothers fought as Colonels in the battle of Gembloux but had to surrender to Don Juan of Austria in 1578.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/be-bxlev.html (833 words)

	Battles & Campaigns: Battle of France, 1940
		This was a dangerous development for the French, because as these forces filled the 20-mile (32-km) gap that existed between Hoth's corps and the Motorized Group von Kleist to the south, it reduced enemy opportunities to hit the armor in the flank.
		In addition, this critical German armored advance deep beyond the Meuse between Sedan and Namur threatened to turn the southern flank of the still-cohesive British, French, and Belgian forces deployed on the Dyle River and in the Gembloux Gap down to the Meuse at Dinant.
		For the French had committed all their reserves to the sectors located north and east of the German armored penetration, and a proportion of these reserves had already been badly battered in contact battles.
	www.germanwarmachine.com /campaigns/1940/battleoffrance1.htm (4195 words)

	Battle of France information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In World War II, the Battle of France was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries, executed 10 May, 1940, which ended the Phony War.
		Confusion still reigned however, as after the evacuation at Dunkirk and while Paris was enduring its short-lived siege, the First Canadian Division and a Scottish division were sent to Normandy (Brest) and penetrated 200 miles inland toward Paris before they heard that Paris had fallen and France had capitulated.
		The French, clearly in a panic, wanted Churchill to give every available fighter to the air battle over France; with only 25 squadrons remaining, Churchill refused, believing that the decisive battle would be fought over Britain (see Battle of Britain).
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/Battle_of_France (6480 words)

	Tarrif.net - Battle of France Timeline
		Rommel's panzers clash with French armor at Phillippeville in first major tank battle of the war.
		Churchill flies to Belgium where General Gamelin informs him that the battle is lost.
		Churchill speaks to Parliament: “What General Weygand called the Battle of France is over.
	www.tarrif.net /wwii/guides/bof_timeline.htm (1720 words)

	Fire and Fury Games' Battlefront:WWII Blitzkrieg-Era Artillery
		At the Battle of Gembloux, the French Artillery-Infantry defense stopped the German Blitzkrieg, allowing the French to hold their positions until they were outflanked to the South.
		The fact that the Germans were able to score a quick victory was not due to a deficiency in the artillery, although the battle of movement that occurred in 1940 often prevented the French artillery from being used to its maximum effectiveness.
		The Moroccan division at the Battle of Gembloux had an artillery fire plan within 24 hours of occupying their positions in Belgium.
	www.fireandfury.com /artillerytutorial/artyfrench.shtml (3423 words)

	The Fall of France 1940 - FileFront Gaming Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Yeah, it was the little known, or spoken of, Battle of Gembloux Gap, with the 4th French Armoured against the German 3rd and 4th armoured.
		Stuka's weren't at the battle, and the 88mm wasn't enough to stop the French tanks, as Prioux was using mechinized infy along with the tanks, so the 88 crews would just get picked off before the tanks advanced.
		This was the ONLY major tank battle of the Battle of France, and it was a French victory.
	www.gamingforums.com /showthread.php?t=182350 (2431 words)

	This Day In Military History... - Page 50 - Armchair General Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Most of these were low-intensity harassing attacks designed to wear down the South Vietnamese forces, but the North Vietnamese intensified their efforts in the Central Highlands in September when they attacked government positions with tanks west of Pleiku.
		*Battle of Rennell Island begins as Japanese land attack planes (701st and 705th Kokutai) attack TF 18, cruisers and destroyers covering the movement of transport force (TG 62.8) toward Guadalcanal.
		*Battle of Rennell Island ends as F4Fs (VF 10) engage Japanese land attack planes (751st Kokutai) attacking the retiring TF 18.
	www.armchairgeneral.com /forums/showthread.php?p=487804 (8272 words)

	MUSEE FRANÇAIS ASBL
		This XVI Panzerkorps has to attack trough the Dutch border to Maestricht to cross the Albert canal with the support of airborne units to seize three bridges and neutralize the powerful fort of EBEN EMAEL.
		The battle of Gembloux has played an important role in this final succes.
		We can easy imagine how disastrous would have been a breach in Gembloux of two Panzerdivisions and the rush in the rear zone of the BEF.
	users.skynet.be /chercha/Summary.htm (1293 words)

	jonathankeiler.com :: Main Page
		My article "Who Won the Battle of Fallujah?" published in the January issue of Proceedings Magazine and posted online at Military.com seems to have been misunderstood by some, primarily because the editors chose to highlight the article with a phrase from the body of the piece, not necessarily representative of the article as a whole.
		In addition, it's worth noting that I originally wrote the article after the first Fallujah operation in spring 2004; but by the time the article was published the November operation had already taken place.
		The changes in the battle plan, the size of the forces involved and the application of firepower in November, would have made the article seem prescient had it been published say in September or October 2004.
	www.jonathankeiler.com /blog/_archives/2005/2/21 (287 words)

	HISH2B59 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Battle having been joined, there follows the period of main struggle in which the main forces of the two belligerent Armies are pitted against each other in close and costly combat.
		In a battle joined and decided in the course of a few days or hours, there is no risk that the lay observer will seek to distinguish the culminating operations by which victory is seized and exploited from the preceding stages by which it has been made possible and determined.
		From the opening of the Somme battle in 1916 to the termination of hostilities the British Armies were subjected to a strain of the utmost severity which never ceased, and consequently had little or no opportunity for the rest and training they so greatly needed.
	www.uea.ac.uk /his/people/faculty/miller/milhis.htm (15793 words)

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