Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan sake sake fasalin da ya kara karfinsa zuwa bataliya biyu na tanki da rundunonin sojoji uku masu tuka motoci, an tura rukunin zuwa
Yammacin Yamma don shiga cikin Yaƙin Netherlands farawa a ranar 10 ga Mayu, 1940. Wani ɓangare na rundunar soja ta 18, wanda ya ci Netherlands a cikin kwanaki biyar, 9th Panzer Division ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a dabarun Jamus. Rukunin shi ne kawai sojojin Jamus da aka sanya wa rundunar soja ta 18 kuma an yi niyya ne da farko don haɗuwa da sojojin da ke cikin iska da suka sauka a kusa da Rotterdam da Hague. A ranar 12 ga Mayu, an kaddamar da sashen a kudancin Netherlands don amfani da nasarar da sojojin dakarun Jamus suka samu, da sauri suka ci gaba zuwa Moerdijk gadoji, wanda 'yan bindigar Student suka kama. Kafin hakan, kusa da Breda, sashin ya rabu, ya aika da bataliya daya arewacin gadajen Moerdijk don kokarin shiga cikin Dutch National Redoubt, Fortress Holland. A ranar 13 ga Mayu, duk da haka, a lokacin yakin farko na yakin, rundunar ta yi hasara mai yawa a cikin harin da aka yi a tsakiyar Dordrecht. A ranar 14 ga Mayu, bataliya ta kasance a shirye don kai hari Rotterdam, amma 'yan Holland sun mika wuya a wannan rana bayan da Luftwaffe ta yi amfani da bam din da aka yi wa cibiyar farar hula ta wannan birni.