While France was defeated by German advances in 1940, the Allied nation put up a valiant fight thanks to the formidable Char ...
In May 1940, French Char B1 tanks counterattacked German forces near the village of Stonne. Captain Pierre Billotte’s tank, ...
Here’s What You Need to Remember: The B1s were very tough—flat-out invulnerable to the 20-milimeter gun on the Wehrmacht’s most numerous tank, the Panzer II. Panzer III, 38t and IV tanks only had a ...