I HAVE always been confused why the Germans din't destroy the French deep ports in 1943 as a means to deny the allies any means to supply their armies when they invaded France in a 1 or 2.
please give your views.
Dönitz may not like the idea but he has failed to starve the british into defeat thus lossing face in the eyes of Hitler
plus with the deep water ports gone the invasion of france will have to be cancelled by the allies because it matters not how many divisions you have if you can't feed them
and with invasion of France cancelled the Germans are free to ship troops to the eastern front.
The WAllies can now go through the Med instead with Italy on their side; it just takes longer - the Americans didn't want Normandy anyway.
In 1943, even 20% more soldiers on the eastern front won't save Germany, it will just strain their supplies even more and the Soviets are still outproducing and outmanning them.
Dönitz may not like the idea but he has failed to starve the british into defeat thus lossing face in the eyes of Hitler
plus with the deep water ports gone the invasion of france will have to be cancelled by the allies because it matters not how many divisions you have if you can't feed them
and with invasion of France cancelled the Germans are free to ship troops to the eastern front.