battle, interwar and Second World War
Battle of Mill
Battle of Mill was a battle fought in 1940 in what is now Netherlands. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. It was part of the German invasion of the Netherlands. The recorded result: German victory.
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Record
| Date | 1940 (year precision) to 1940 | |
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| Place | Netherlands 51.687N, 5.781E | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
| Strength | 2,000; 20 field guns; 3 anti-tank guns; 47 casemates | 30,000; 15 mortars; 2 field guns; 3 anti-tank guns; 1 armoured train; 1 troop train; 37 light bombers |
| Casualties and losses | 30 killed; 50 wounded | 500+ killed & wounded; 1 armoured train derailed; 1 troop train destroyed; 9 civilians killed; heavy damage inflicted upon the surrounding farms |
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Nearest engagements
- Siege of Grave 1674, 8.6 km N
- Siege of Grave 1586, 8.6 km N
- Siege of Grave 1602, 8.6 km N
- Siege of Nijmegen 1591, 17 km N
- Siege of Nijmegen 1794, 17 km N
In the same war
- Before: Battle of the Grebbeberg 11 May 1940
Elsewhere in 1940
- Battle of Britain United Kingdom
- Battle of France Belgium
- Dunkirk evacuation France
- Battle of Dunkirk France
- German invasion of the Netherlands Netherlands
Battle of Mill is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 237 in present-day Netherlands.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q19898993, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Mill, revision 1370449785, 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.