Such a situation deprived the French any prepared defences in Belgium to forestall an attack, a situation which the French had wanted to avoid as it meant engaging the German Panzer Divisions in a mobile battle.
En sådan situation berøvede franskmændene ethvert forberedt forsvar i Belgien til at imødegå et angreb, en situation som Frankrig havde ønsket at undgå, da det indebar at man skulle møde de tyske tropper i en bevægelseskrig.