0510_02: The Allies Cast the Die_Alt - PzC 12 France '40

France, 10th May 1940: It was the Allies plan at the start of hostilities with Germany, to avoid the same mistake they made in 1914. Then Germany executed near perfectly the von Schlieffen plan to pass their army through Belgium to outflank the French forces and fortifications on the Franco-German border. This time, the Franco-British Plan called for an advance into central Belgium where they would meet the advancing Germans on a previously picked defense line along the Dyle River (which was in fact not much of an obstacle). And so it was that Allied Armies found themselves heavily committed to Belgium while the bulk of the German Army including most of the powerful Panzer Divisions were executing a daring move - Manstein's Plan - to penetrate the Allied line by passing though the lightly screened Ardennes. This scenario features the historical situation with the Allied Armies Fixed in position on the Dyle Line until the extent of the German move became apparent to them. As the Germans you must move fast if you are to replicate history - as the Allies you must shrewdly use your available forces in the early going if you're to delay the Germans long enough to redeploy the Army.