Lost Victory — Why German Panzers Were Ordered to Stop 12 Miles From Dunkirk

On May 23rd, 1940, tanks from Heinz Guderian's 1st Panzer Division reached the Aa Canal, roughly 12 miles from the port of Dunkirk. Standing on a hill, Guderian could see the town walls. His engineers had already thrown pontoon bridges across the canal. There was almost nothing between his panzers and the last port the British could use to escape. And then an order came down telling him to stop. For the next two days, some of the best tank crews in the world sat in their vehicles and watched as over 338,000 Allied soldiers were evacuated right under their noses. So today, we're telling you the full story of how the German panzers drove 240 kilometers in eight days, reached the edge of the greatest military prize of the war, and then were told to park. Why it happened, who was really responsible, and what those two days cost Germany for the rest of the war. #dunkirk #ww2history #westernfront