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The Wehrmacht encountered a tank that outmatched its own. Here s What You Need to Know: Despite its power, the B1 could not shift the overwhelming tide of events. At five o’clock in the morning on May 16, 1940 a company of the 8th Panzer Regiment lay in an ambush position along a rubble-strewn street of the French town of Stonne. The day before, the unfortunate village had changed hands several times as French troops attempted to stem the tide of German armor headed toward the English channel, threatening to trap Allied forces in Belgium. Three squadrons of Stuka dive bombers ravaged Stonne, as well as both French and German artillery. That morning, the Panzer IIIEs and IVDs then the best tanks in German service deployed to stave off a French counterattack.

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