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| 1940 | Guderian, Heinz |  |
| 20th May Dunkirk Reaches the Channel Coast |
| 21st May Arras An Allied counter-attack briefly stops the Germans |
| 24th May Aa Canal 1st Panzer Division breaches the Aa Canal, 15 kilometers from Dunkirk |
| 24th May Dunkirk Hitler orders the left wing to stop, it is forbidden to cross the Aa |
| 26th May Dunkirk The "halt order" is lifted & the Panzers resume their advance |
| 4th June Dunkirk The French rearguard surrenders |
| 1940 | Hitler, Adolf | |
| 24th May Charleville A "Fuhrer order" is issued from Rundstedt's HQ forbidding the left to cross the Aa |
| 24th May Charleville "Dunkirk is to be left to the Luftwaffe" |
| 26th May Charleville The "halt order" is lifted & the Panzers resume their advance |
| 1940 | Rundstedt, Karl Rudolf von | |
| 23rd May Charleville Drafts a "halt order" after concerns about the Allied counter-attack at Arras |
| 24th May Charleville A "Fuhrer order" is issued from Rundstedt's HQ forbidding the left to cross the Aa |
| 24th May Charleville Explains to Hitler his concerns about the Allied counter-attack at Arras |
| 24th May Dunkirk Halts his forces behind Dunkirk to allow the Luftwaffe the finishing blow |
