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order on 24 May with the support of the [[Oberkommando der Wehrmacht]] (German Armed Forces High Command). The army halted for three days, which gave the Allies time to organise the Dunkirk evacuation and build a defensive line. More than 330,000 Allied troops were evacuated through Dunkirk, but the British and French forces sustained heavy casualties and lost nearly all their equipment. Around 16,000 French and 1,000 British soldiers were killed during the evacuation. The British Expeditionary

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