0510_03: Holding the Dyle Line - PzC 12 France '40

Belgium, 10th May 1940: The Allies plan for war was quite simple really. Advance into Belgium with the last man on the left of the line with his elbow on the coast and keep the fighting as far away from France and the industry around Lille as possible. On the coast, the French 7e Armée began a dash to Holland. On their right flank, the British Expeditionary Force, along with the French 1ère Armée on its right, advanced to a small river - the Dyle River - in central Belgium. . The Germans for their part made little effort to interdict the move by air. They were content to let the Allies come - to draw them into a trap. And so it was that the powerful German army that was sweeping through Holland and Belgium after the brilliant move to neutralize the Fort at Eban Emael, was just a feint. This scenario depicts the northern area of the Campaign for a shorter period of time, featuring the historical situation with the Allied Armies Fixed in position on the Dyle Line. [Size large]