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working on a possible invasion of France in 1943 timetime.


The thought going in is a slightly different lession from Dieppe:

Don't land where the Germans are.

The Atlantic coast of France is very, very lightly defended, especially in 1943. There were only about 10-15 divisions in all of France in summer 1943, compared to about 50 in 1944.

The thought is: Hit the Atlantic Coast where the defenses are weakest (the germans ONLY defended ports in 1943, stretches of beach were undefended!), and sieze La Rochelle and Bordeaux, and race to Paris before too many units can be pulled from the eastern front.

Its a bit out of range of land based air, but a pretty strong carrier-based strike force (say Essex, Wasp, Independance, Belleau Wood, along with UK's Ark Royal, Illustrious, and Indefatigable) could provide cover for a Bay of Biscay landing.


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