Allies get their act together in 1940

I remember watching a documentary where it talked about how the allies were so humiliated in 1940 because their was no real co-operation and a large amount of inefficiency. So what if in 1940 the Netherlands and Belgium joined the allies created a unified command structure, allowed troops to be stationed in Belgium and the Netherlands and genuinely behaved more efficiently?
 
I remember watching a documentary where it talked about how the allies were so humiliated in 1940 because their was no real co-operation and a large amount of inefficiency. So what if in 1940 the Netherlands and Belgium joined the allies created a unified command structure, allowed troops to be stationed in Belgium and the Netherlands and genuinely behaved more efficiently?

zeppelin247

There were problems with the Dutch and Belgium forces but the main ones were with the British and French forces. Especially the latter as they formed the vast majority of allied strength. Too many lacked the training and equipment for the sort of mobile war that developed, especially in terms of the lack of radios and slow command loop. That meant that information took too long getting up to the commanders and then instructions back down to the troops so such instructions were often totally outdated by the time they arrived.

If you solved this and/or simply had a bit better defence of the French border along the Ardennes region then you could well see the German attack at the very least stalled and quite possibly badly mauled. [Possibly even worse for the Germans, if their initial armoured thrust breaks through but the allied counter attacks are properly organised and supported and actually cut the force off. At that time the German forces may well not have had the experience and confidence, or supplies and organisation, to manage to break back eastwards. At best they will manage to rejoin the main forces badly battered and with losses. At best [for the allies] they could be largely destroyed.

Steve
 
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