let the French and English in while the nazis were doing Poland.
the airborn attack on Eben Emmael would'nt of been a checkmate if several allied divisions were right there to respond.
the way it went is the Belgians only let the allies in after the nazis breached the border so it was a mad dash to the Belgian border forts instead of the germans attacking a prepared line
the Maginot line (less the ardennes) was to link up with thw Belgian border forts and make a solid line but the Belgian return to neutrality borked the whole thing up
e: and in case it seems like im bullying a tiny country, they literally tried to do neutrality against a more aggressive germany than ww1, despite the fact everyone knew they'd do the same play as ww1 because of the Maginot.
the king who made this decision is so fucking unpopular (and collaborated during occupation) they almost abolished the office
to be fair, that was :belgium-cool:
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i am kidding but i can never pass up an opportunity to drag belgium
it was their fault the germans waltzed in anyway fukin galaxybrains actually expected the germans to respect their neutrality
What were they going to do to stop the Germans? I don't recall Belgium every being one of the great military powers.
let the French and English in while the nazis were doing Poland.
the airborn attack on Eben Emmael would'nt of been a checkmate if several allied divisions were right there to respond.
the way it went is the Belgians only let the allies in after the nazis breached the border so it was a mad dash to the Belgian border forts instead of the germans attacking a prepared line
the Maginot line (less the ardennes) was to link up with thw Belgian border forts and make a solid line but the Belgian return to neutrality borked the whole thing up
e: and in case it seems like im bullying a tiny country, they literally tried to do neutrality against a more aggressive germany than ww1, despite the fact everyone knew they'd do the same play as ww1 because of the Maginot.
the king who made this decision is so fucking unpopular (and collaborated during occupation) they almost abolished the office