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any suggestions for ww2 sites in the area ?
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Have a look at Paul's thread here.
http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/ww2-bat...amage-ww2.html
Have a search on the forum for "arras 1940" a few interesting posts about it.
Thought you moght like to read this webpage on 2 Wilts at Roeux.
Defence of Arras
If you're going to Vimy Ridge, think of it in May 1940, units of both 50th Div and 5th Div had at different times taken up postions on Vimy Ridge in the old trenches of the Memorial Park.
On the Memorial itself the 92nd Field Regiment RA had established an OP in support of 50 Div.