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 | 1940-05-24 | 1940-06-08 | Alphabet | Allied troops from the harbour of Narvik in northern Norway marking the success of Nazi Germany's Operation Weserubung and the end of the British campaign in Norway during World War II. | Read about 'Alphabet' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Alphabet' |
| 1940-05-23 | British Armour | British 1st Armoured Division begins landings at Cherbourg. | Read about 'British Armour' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'British Armour' | |
| 1940-05-21 | Arras | An Allied counterattack against the flank of the German army, that took place near the town of Arras, in north-eastern France. | Read about 'Arras' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Arras' | |
| 1940-05-19 | Maxime Weygand | Weygand Gamelin is replaced by General Weygand as Commander in Chief of French military. Marshal Henri Petain becomes the new deputy Prime Minister of France. | Read about 'Maxime Weygand' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Maxime Weygand' | |
| 1940-05-16 | Battle over the Ruhr | Six aircraft from No. 75 NZ Sqdn., this time as part of a force of 50 bombers detailed to attack objectives in the Ruhr and river crossings at Namur, Dinant and Givet. | Read about 'Battle over the Ruhr' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Battle over the Ruhr' | |
| 1940-05-14 | Montcornet | Charles de Gaulle was given command of the new 4th Armored Division and ordered to execute a counterattack toward Montcornet, with the objective of slowing the German advance. | Read about 'Montcornet' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Montcornet' | |
| 1940-05-14 | 1940-05-15 | Gembloux Gap | The French first army's main defensive position intended to prevent a German breakthrough in Belgium (where they believed the main attack would occur). The French forces repeatedly stopped 6th Army assaults, giving time for allied troops to withdraw. | Read about 'Gembloux Gap' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Gembloux Gap' |
| 1940-05-13 | Sedan | German troops cross the Meuse River near Sedan. | Read about 'Sedan' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Sedan' | |
| 1940-05-12 | 1940-05-14 | Hannut | The first major armoured engagement of the Second World War. Armoured units from the French 1st Army achieve tactical victories over German units, before withdrawing to Gembloux. The successful delaying actions here gave Allied units time to organize. | Read about 'Hannut' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Hannut' |
| 1940-05-10 | Dyle-Meuse Line | Three French armies and the British Expiditionary Force move in Belgium to deploy along the Dyle-Meuse defensive line. | Read about 'Dyle-Meuse Line' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Dyle-Meuse Line' |
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