Champagne Ardenne in WW2 History | World War II Database

6 Feb 1918

France

Joseph Stilwell departed from the AEF General Headquarters in Chaumont, France. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | Chaumont, Champagne-Ardenne | CPC]

16 Feb 1918

France

Joseph Stilwell was assigned to an army intelligence course at Langres, France. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | Langres, Champagne-Ardenne | CPC]

28 Feb 1918

France

Joseph Stilwell was attached to the AEF General Headquarters in Chaumont, France. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | Chaumont, Champagne-Ardenne | CPC]

17 Mar 1918

France

Joseph Stilwell departed the AEF General Headquarters in Chaumont, France. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | Chaumont, Champagne-Ardenne | CPC]

30 Apr 1918

France

Joseph Stilwell was attached to the AEF General Headquarters in Chaumont, France. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | Chaumont, Champagne-Ardenne | CPC]

10 May 1940

France

James Lacey was relocated with the No. 501 Squadron RAF to Bétheniville, Marne, France. ww2dbase [James Lacey | Bétheniville, Champagne-Ardenne | CPC]

13 May 1940

France

James Lacey shot down a German He 111 bomber, a Bf 109 fighter, and a Bf 110 fighter over Sedan, Ardennes, France. ww2dbase [James Lacey | Sedan, Champagne-Ardenne | CPC]

14 May 1940

France

Marcel Albert, flying a D.520 fighter, shot down a Do 17 bomber and claimed a Bf 109 fighter later on the same day. ww2dbase [Champagne-Ardenne | CPC]

Photo(s) dated 14 May 1940

Bombed hangar at Mourmelon-le-Grand, France after a German attack on the airfield, 14 May 1940; note wreck of a Miles Magister and at least two Fairey Battle aircraft

7 Jun 1940

France

Flying Officer Edgar Kain DFC, the first five-victory fighter ace of the RAF in WW2 was killed in a flying accident in Échemines, France. ww2dbase [Échemines, Champagne-Ardenne | AC]

2 Mar 1944

France

German Luftwaffe ace Egon Mayer (102 victories) was shot down and killed when his Fw 190 aircraft was bounced by a pair of US 9th Air Force P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft whilst attacking a formation of B-17 bombers near Sedan, France. In a cruel twist of fate his award of Swords had been announced on that same day. ww2dbase [Sedan, Champagne-Ardenne | AC]

7 May 1945

Photo(s) dated 7 May 1945

German Colonel General Alfred Jodl (center) signing the surrender document at Dwight Eisenhower

Ivan Susloparov, Frederick Morgan, Walter Smith, Dwight Eisenhower, Arthur Tedder, and Harold Burrough after signing of German surrender documents, Rheims, France, 7 May 1945; note Eisenhower holding pens used, and Eisenhower

See all photos dated 7 May 1945

16 Feb 1957

France

Leslie Hore-Belisha, whilst leading a parliamentary delegation, collapsed and died from a cerebral haemorrhage while making a speech at Rheims town hall in France. ww2dbase [Leslie Hore-Belisha | Rheims, Champagne-Ardenne | AC]

Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis

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