battle, notable, interwar and Second World War

Battle of Saumur

Name: Battle of Saumur
Start: 1940-06-20
Location: Saumur, France

Battle of Saumur was a battle fought on 20 June 1940 at Saumur, in what is now France. The recorded result: French tactical victory.

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German offensive of june 1940, which led to defeat of France in WWII. US Army, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fought20 June 1940

WhereSaumur, France47.260N, 0.077E

OutcomeFrench tactical victory

BelligerentsFrench Third RepublicagainstNazi Germany

Record

Date	20 June 1940 to 20 June 1940
Place	Saumur, France 47.260N, 0.077E
Kind	Battle, interwar and Second World War
Strength	2,500 men; unknown number of artillery pieces; 24 tanks or armored vehicles	about 10,000 then 40,000; 300 artillery pieces; 150 tanks or armored vehicles
Casualties and losses	250 killed or wounded; 200 prisoners; 2 tanks destroyed	132 killed; ~300 wounded; 9 tanks destroyed
Commanders	Kurt Feldt

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Saumur 1793, 12 km W
Capture of Saumur 1621, 12 km W
Battle of Montreuil-Bellay 1793, 22 km SW
Battle of Doué 1793, 28 km W
Battle of Baugé 1421, 34 km NW

Elsewhere in 1940

Battle of Saumur is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 1,495 in present-day France.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3043087, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Saumur (1940), revision 1370588771, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.