Where could Germany launch amphibious assault on Canada?

Simple, they build a 1000 Rattes, drive them into the at the Bay of Biscay, drive across the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, down the St Lawrence River and straight into Ottawa.

Your 1000 Rattes suffer one of the following fates:

1. They run out of fuel somewhere far out to sea and the crews suffocate.

2. They spring a leak and the crews drown.

3. The actually make it to the edge of the continental shelf, but fall off and are crushed like tin cans by the water pressure.
 
Your 1000 Rattes suffer one of the following fates:

1. They run out of fuel somewhere far out to sea and the crews suffocate.

2. They spring a leak and the crews drown.

3. The actually make it to the edge of the continental shelf, but fall off and are crushed like tin cans by the water pressure.
You do realize he was joking, right?
 
I'm not saying that such a plan would be easy to execute, but it does have the advantage of being completely unexpected. I mean, if you suddenly recieved word that the was a large Nazi invasion force was driving southward through Manitoba, your first response would be "what the hell are they doing in Manitoba?"

Don't forget that the Allies were caught completely off guard during the Battle of the Bulge precisely because they assumed that it was beyond the Nazis' logistical capacity to launch a winter offensive and because the senior Allied commanders overesimated the impassibility of the terrain.

The same was true of Pearl Harbour. The Japanese appeared precisely where they weren't expected to be.


The difference between those plans and your Hudson's Bay invasion is that the Hudson's Bay operation isn't just unlikely, it's a logistical nightmare, especially when one considers the lack of Port facilities, Ice, and distances involved especially when it comes to Logistics.

No, if the Nazi's really wanted to Attack Canada there's only one way they really could do it and that would be going through the St. Lawrence Corridor.

This operation would of course have to be preceded by an operation in the Maritimes, a sneak attack on Halifax/St. Johns/Gander and the occupation of those zones plus Cape Breton to keep supply lines open. Nova Scotia would be bypassed in favour of securing PEI and New Brunswick. Then with the Maritimes pacified the Wehrmacht moves down the St. Lawrence landing in the Gaspe and siezing Quebec in a daring airborne/special ops maneuver. With the St. Lawrence Sea Way open the Panzers start rolling towards Ottawa and from there straight to Vancouver.

However all things considered it isn't That much more plausible than the Hudson's bay idea. A little, but not much.
 

MrP

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Your 1000 Rattes suffer one of the following fates:

1. They run out of fuel somewhere far out to sea and the crews suffocate.

2. They spring a leak and the crews drown.

3. The actually make it to the edge of the continental shelf, but fall off and are crushed like tin cans by the water pressure.

Ah, but not if we stack them. Consider the lily.
 
The difference between those plans and your Hudson's Bay invasion is that the Hudson's Bay operation isn't just unlikely, it's a logistical nightmare, especially when one considers the lack of Port facilities, Ice, and distances involved especially when it comes to Logistics.

No, if the Nazi's really wanted to Attack Canada there's only one way they really could do it and that would be going through the St. Lawrence Corridor.

This operation would of course have to be preceded by an operation in the Maritimes, a sneak attack on Halifax/St. Johns/Gander and the occupation of those zones plus Cape Breton to keep supply lines open. Nova Scotia would be bypassed in favour of securing PEI and New Brunswick. Then with the Maritimes pacified the Wehrmacht moves down the St. Lawrence landing in the Gaspe and siezing Quebec in a daring airborne/special ops maneuver. With the St. Lawrence Sea Way open the Panzers start rolling towards Ottawa and from there straight to Vancouver.

However all things considered it isn't That much more plausible than the Hudson's bay idea. A little, but not much.

Your plan is more probable, but at the same time its also much more conventional, which causes problems of its own. If you knew that a landing was going to occur, you expect it to happen in Nova Scotia or New Brunswick and prepare accordingly. I readily concede that a landing in the sub-Arctic would be very difficult to execute and would require some very careful thinking, especially in regards to providing proper logisical support, but as I said, it has the advantage of being completely unexpected and catching the enemy looking in the wrong direction.
 
Personally, I like the idea of them landing in Newfoundland. Trying to question the locals.
-Hans! you claimed you knew English, why can't you get answers from these people.
-Sir! I speak ENGLISH, I don't know what these people speak, but it certainly can't be English.
 
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