0510_10B: The Five Days War - PzC 12 France '40

The Battle of the Netherlands, 10 May 1940: Despite his public assurances that Germany would
respect the Netherlands' neutrality in the coming war, from the start Hitler regarded the Netherlands
as a key point in German strategy and ordered his generals to draw up plans for an invasion before
the last shots had been fired in Poland. Hitler was fully confident of an early Dutch surrender. The
Führer's overly optimistic attitude was soon shattered. As dawn broke on May 10th and German
troops poured over the Dutch border and fell upon Holland from above, it quickly became apparent
that the Dutch were willing fight...[Size: Medium] Design Note: 1. The Dutch 5th and 6th Divisions
and Light Division the campaign behind the Peel-Raam Line and then withdrew north to the Waal
and Linge Rivers immediately after the German invasion. This version of the scenario starts these
forces on the Linge Line (the position they withdrew to). This is not strictly correct for 04:00 on
May 10th, but helps to facilitate a historic result. 2. To recreate the German airlanding operations it
is desirable that the German player accept all parachute and glider reinforcements regardless of
whether a given hex is occupied by an enemy unit or not.