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Normandy, even though 100 miles from the UK was chosen in OTL, because Calais, although only 20 miles away, was too heavily defended. But Normandy was 850 miles from Berlin & it was a hard slog.
WI the Allies decide to land on Germany itself? Using Harwich, Yarmouth & Grimsby as embarkation ports, three massive armadas set sail on 6 August 1944 (by which time the Russians were at the gates of Warsaw) to cross 300 miles of the North Sea to land 60,000 men on the first day on the Friesland Coast near Emden, or more safely, on the Friesland Islands of Langeoog & Norderney; and 300,000 by the first week. Much heavier close-in tactical bombing, aircraft carrier, submarine, anti-submarine and ship battery support would be needed than in OTL. Most of the troops & supplies slated for the Pacific would have to be diverted, and it would require a constant ship supply train across the North Sea. As well as several sacrificial airborne drops on France, Holland and Norway to ensure that the 1 million German soldiers there don't rush back too soon to the Fatherland. Would it have been another Anzio or even Dieppe? Or could it have worked, being only 150 miles from Berlin? Was such a plan even considered? The German defences would certainly have been galvanised, as would the Russians in their assaults, knowing that their Anglo-American allies were only 300 miles away!
WI the Allies decide to land on Germany itself? Using Harwich, Yarmouth & Grimsby as embarkation ports, three massive armadas set sail on 6 August 1944 (by which time the Russians were at the gates of Warsaw) to cross 300 miles of the North Sea to land 60,000 men on the first day on the Friesland Coast near Emden, or more safely, on the Friesland Islands of Langeoog & Norderney; and 300,000 by the first week. Much heavier close-in tactical bombing, aircraft carrier, submarine, anti-submarine and ship battery support would be needed than in OTL. Most of the troops & supplies slated for the Pacific would have to be diverted, and it would require a constant ship supply train across the North Sea. As well as several sacrificial airborne drops on France, Holland and Norway to ensure that the 1 million German soldiers there don't rush back too soon to the Fatherland. Would it have been another Anzio or even Dieppe? Or could it have worked, being only 150 miles from Berlin? Was such a plan even considered? The German defences would certainly have been galvanised, as would the Russians in their assaults, knowing that their Anglo-American allies were only 300 miles away!
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