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Hi, this is my first post here, so please save me a bit when i'm going horribly wrong.

After a lot of reading, thinking and speculating, I've wondered as Dutchman if an invasion in Holland could've worked.

First some Graphic, it's quite a coastline:




I'm trying to use the force as they werre used on Normandy.

Could it have worked? (better?)

Main Priority:

Rendering the Siegfried-line useless (and be home before Christmas ;))

How?

Use of the river Rhine as an Allied natural defense wall, entering Mainland Europe north of the river Rhine

Critical objectives, should be met within 24 hrs. before/after landing:

-Allied Bombing of the Noordereiland Railway Bridge in Rotterdam city centre to prevent fast re-supplying (US. paratroopers/Covert operation)

-Allied Bombing of the Moerdijk Bridge preventing reinforcements from the south(US. paratroopers)
Capturing the Dutch town of Hoek van Holland north of the New Water Way (Nieuwe Waterweg) by Army group Utah (most south Landing)

-Capturing the beach around the Dutch town of Katwijk (2nd south landing/Omaha)

-Capturing the north and south of the North Sea Channel (Ijmuiden) by a combined force from Juno and Gold (2nd North landing)

-Land just south and surround the most northern city of Den Helder and cut off the Afsluitdijk from reinforcements(British paratroopers) with Sword.(Most North Landing)

-Heavy Battleship artillery bombing around the Dutch town of Scheveningen (Direct south of the city of The Hague, to support the hellish task of Utah, which will likely also being fired upon from The Hague and Rotterdam.

Each target above must be met quickly to call this invasion a success, if requirements are met the City of the Hague and Den Helder will imho most likely fall within a week(in which Sword can get southward quickly to assist in the siege of Haarlem,
opening a direct way to the cities of Rotterdam, Haarlem and eventually Amsterdam to fall within weeks.

If Utah and Sword Both fail to land or to keep position, this invasion will most likely be a very bloody and costly failure.

Possible situations:

The Dutch Railways will very likely get on a nationwide railway-strike as they did with Market Garden, severly hampering German supplyroutes

The Atlantikwall is at a higher strength then in Normandy

Axis supplyroutes are shorter then in Normandy, Allied supplyroutes a bit longer compared to Normandy
Utah's Rendevouz with Omaha, surrounding the city of The Hague will involve very heavy fighting.




Of course I can call numerous concerns and problems, which i can make a detailed map of if requested :).

But for a first post on this forum, I'd like to know if my alternative D-Day plan, in this case happening in Holland, has a shot of being succesful :)
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