Danish Crossroads ETO (id:#66265)

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Bredevad, Denmark 1940-04-09 (20 others)

Overview:

At 0630 parts of the German 170th Infantry Division and 11th Motorized Rifle Brigade reached the outskirts of the small hamlet of Bredevad just north of the German-Danish border. Here at the crossroads of Bredevad parts of the Danish 4th Bicycle Battalion had dispatched a company in a hurry to set up a roadblock before the Germans arrived to seize the crossroads. They just managed to reach the crossroads before the armored cars of the 11th Motorized Rifle Brigade tuned up. Uncertain if they could expect beer and pölse, the Germars quickly realized that this wasn't going to be a party when the first armored car went up in flames hit by a Danish 20 mm anti-tank gun. The Germans became bogged down in the outskirts of Bredevad. It was first after the German reinforcements from Tingslev arrived and encircled the Danish defenders, that the crossroads fell into German hands.

Defender: Danish (1st Company, 4th Bicycle Battallion, Bredevad detachment)  

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