Invasion of the Low Countries Timeline

The Low Countries ended up a speed bump on Hitler's road to European conquest. The Reich put to good use their well-trained and well-armed airborne troops to capture key bridges and routes ahead of the main land army. While the Allies were busy building their defenses, assuming the Ardennes to be an "impassable" natural barrier, the Germans thought otherwise and made their way through within time.

The end result would be a chain of battlefield losses for the Allies as the German war machine cut holes through the Allied wall, forcing pockets to retreat or surrender. The remaining French and British troops but to retreat while Belgian military forces held out for as long as they could. Holland was the first to fall to the Germans while Belgium fought for a short 18 days before capitulating.

The road to the German invasion of France was now wide open.