Battle of Mill

Battle of Mill
	Part of the Battle of the Netherlands
	; Ruins of a Dutch casemate near Mill
Date	10–11 May 1940
Location	Mill, the Netherlands
Result	German victory
Belligerents
Netherlands	Germany
Commanders and leaders
A. A. van Nijnatten	Gerhard Kauffmann; Friedrich Weber
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

The Battle of Mill was a day long struggle in and around the Dutch village of Mill along the Peel-Raam line on the first day of the invasion of the Netherlands in 1940. Although the Germans broke through, they suffered heavy casualties and were delayed in their advance by one day.

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