 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Abbeville yakatorwa nemaGerman kubva ku2nd Panzer Division yaGeneralmajor Rudolf Veiel, zvakare musi wa20 Chivabvu 1940. Pakanga pane kumwezve kurwisa neHondo yeAbbeville. Pashure peLaon 24 May, de Gaulle akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru wenguva pfupi: Pa 28 May ... 4th DCR yakarwisa kaviri kuparadza homwe yakatorwa nemuvengi kumaodzanyemba kweSomme pedyo neAbbeville. Basa racho rakabudirira, nevasungwa vanopfuura mazana mana vakatorwa uye homwe yose yakatsvairwa kunze kweAbbeville ... asi mukurwisa kwechipiri 4th DCR yakakundikana kutora guta iri mukutarisana nehuwandu hwevavengi. VaGerman vakamanikidzwa kudzokera shure. Allied Aerodrome Abbeville yakashandiswa neLuftwaffe yeGermany mukati mehondo yakawanda. 