No capture of Eben Emael

Fall Gelb relied on the right flank of the panzer attack being covered by the infantry of the 6th Army.
This army had to cross the Albert Canal, and Eben Emael was defending the bridges.

The whole German timetable was based on this attack.
The Heer would only begin its attack 5 minutes after the gliders had touched down, and the drops in Holland were scheduled to begin 30 minutes after the start of the Eben Emael attack.

What if, for some reason, the German attack fails, or is cancelled.
How fast could the Germans cross the Albert Canal? How would they neutralise the fort?
What does all this mean for the battle of France (and the Low Countries of course)? Does is have no effect? Does it simply slow the Germans down a little?
Does this make an allied victory more likely?
 

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Fall Gelb relied on the right flank of the panzer attack being covered by the infantry of the 6th Army.
This army had to cross the Albert Canal, and Eben Emael was defending the bridges.

The whole German timetable was based on this attack.
The Heer would only begin its attack 5 minutes after the gliders had touched down, and the drops in Holland were scheduled to begin 30 minutes after the start of the Eben Emael attack.

What if, for some reason, the German attack fails, or is cancelled.
How fast could the Germans cross the Albert Canal? How would they neutralise the fort?
What does all this mean for the battle of France (and the Low Countries of course)? Does is have no effect? Does it simply slow the Germans down a little?
Does this make an allied victory more likely?


Failure to capture Eben Emael would be a set back but it would not make an Allied victory any more likely. At this time , the Allied forces were hamstrung by incompetent Leadership , low moral and outdated tactics.
 
Failure to capture Eben Emael would be a set back but it would not make an Allied victory any more likely. At this time , the Allied forces were hamstrung by incompetent Leadership , low moral and outdated tactics.
Oh, very true, the Allies very much made sure of their own defeat.
However, I'm trying to map out the effects of this POD in as wide a range as possible.

I must disagree with you on that the POD would not make allied victory more likely.
While it would still be nearly impossible for the Allies to win, in my opinion it is made slightly less impossible by every setback of the Germans. And this is a major setback.

My 'Does this make an Allied victory more likely?' was quite badly formulated by me.
Let me rephrase: "How could this POD, under the best of circumstances, help the Allies? How much would it slow the Germans down? What will it mean for the airdrops in Holland, and for Guderian and Reinhard's panzer thrust?"
 
Fall Gelb relied on the right flank of the panzer attack being covered by the infantry of the 6th Army.
This army had to cross the Albert Canal, and Eben Emael was defending the bridges.

The whole German timetable was based on this attack.
The Heer would only begin its attack 5 minutes after the gliders had touched down, and the drops in Holland were scheduled to begin 30 minutes after the start of the Eben Emael attack.

What if, for some reason, the German attack fails, or is cancelled.
How fast could the Germans cross the Albert Canal? How would they neutralise the fort?
What does all this mean for the battle of France (and the Low Countries of course)? Does is have no effect? Does it simply slow the Germans down a little?
Does this make an allied victory more likely?

To some degree everything what happend at the right flank was smoke and mirrors. The decision fell at Sedan. As long as there is the german breakthrough at Sedan, the Alles lost. Everything in the North, especially the Paratroopers were smoke and mirrors.
 
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