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Historical Trivia: The Invasion of LuxembourgEarly on the morning of 10th May 1940, as part of Case Yellow, three German Panzer divisions crossed the border into neutral Luxembourg. They were faced by roadblocks manned by Corps des Gendarmes et...

Historical Trivia: The Invasion of Luxembourg

Early on the morning of 10th May 1940, as part of Case Yellow, three German Panzer divisions crossed the border into neutral Luxembourg. They were faced by roadblocks manned by Corps des Gendarmes et Volontaires which was just ~680 men strong. Lightly armed volunteers and police were no match for the invading forces. While small arms fire was exchanged the roadblocks and tank traps laid by Luxembourg were quickly bypassed and the capital was quickly surrounded and occupied before noon. Token resistance was all that could be mounted without assistance from the guarantor countries of Luxembourg’s neutrality. The Panzer divisions continued on into France.  

Seven members of the Corps des Gendarmes et Volontaires were wounded with 75 more captured. German casualties are unknown. Luxembourg’s Ducal family and government fled, first to France and then to Canada via Britain. The country was occupied by German forces until September 1944. 


Image: German troops cautiously enter the frontier town of  Echternach early on the morning of the 10th May (source)


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