The 705 two-front operation ended, and the Atlantic barrier was formed
The end of the Battle of the Isle of Man meant that the German-led Allied revolutionary bloc no longer had any hostile forces left in Western Europe.
The leader of the last opposition force on the Western Front, the French criminal Charles de Gaulle, was personally escorted back to the country by Wei Gang. The British war criminal Churchill was also sent to Berlin by the German army to face trial.
It is no exaggeration to say that the two-front war of the Third Reich has since been completely ended. Next, Germany can devote all its energy to the Eastern Front, ending the last neighbor threat - the Soviet Union.
Of course, the German army is not without any remaining troops on the Western Front. However, counting the expeditionary forces of Vichy France and Norway in the UK, as well as the National Defense Forces of the Mosley puppet British government that will be established, Germany’s allies alone in the British III
The number of troops stationed on the island will steadily exceed 200,000.
In addition, the German High Command will also send a British SS volunteer detachment to the British Isles to recruit foreign troops willing to join the SS. This British SS detachment is initially expected to be expanded into a reinforced division in the end.
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Of course, the German Wehrmacht will also leave two newly formed infantry divisions responsible for jointly defending the security of the "Atlantic Barrier" of the British Isles.
The two new infantry divisions of the National Defense Force were actually the two infantry divisions with the heaviest casualties left from the original troops that attacked Britain. The command framework of these two divisions was supplemented by a large number of new recruits without combat experience.
, mixed with veterans to form two full infantry divisions.
The combat effectiveness of such an infantry division will naturally not be too high at the beginning. However, in the short term, the United States, which has not prepared super transport capacity in advance, is unlikely to cross the Atlantic to attack Europe and land on Germany's "Atlantic Barrier". Therefore,
The newly formed infantry division recruits have enough time to conduct military training, run in with veterans, and strengthen the unit's combat effectiveness.
In addition, among the remaining German troops participating in the Battle of Britain, except for Stuart's three paratrooper divisions, which were quickly replenished with high-quality troops and then transferred to the Eastern Front, the remaining divisions still replenished battle casualties by recruiting new troops.
Then he was stationed in France and worked with the Allied forces on Britain to build the "Atlantic Barrier".
In the same way, these troops also have enough time to train new recruits and restore their combat effectiveness.
As a result, including Vichy France's own garrison on the mainland, the Allied forces on the Western Front have reached close to 800,000. With the addition of the natural dangers of the Atlantic, this coalition force is used to defend the "Atlantic Wall".
It's more than enough.
And if you include the Spanish troops left on the mainland by Spanish ruler Franco, the total number of troops deployed by the Allies on the Western Front even exceeds 1.5 million.
Such a powerful coastal defense force may not be able to break through even if the US military has prepared sufficient maritime transport fleets and escort fleets.
In addition, Dönitz's submarine force in the German Navy has already been trained to intercept the U.S. aid convoy to Britain, and is quite familiar with the combat environment of the Atlantic. It has become a very difficult problem that the United States must face when it invades Western Europe.
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The Empire's High Seas Fleet, which was under Redel's command, had greatly increased its strength due to aircraft carrier tactics. After acquiring a large number of military ports and docks handed over after the British surrender, as well as some of the remaining warships of the British Home Fleet, its strength also reached a higher level.
Due to the defeat of the British, the Norwegian Navy lost the power to threaten the homeland and existed in the inland waters of the Allies. Therefore, Norwegian Prime Minister Quisling simply signed an agreement with Germany to transfer the entire Norwegian Navy away from home ports and stationed it in
The ports handed over by the British continued to be at the disposal of Redel's Combined Naval Command.
The Italian Navy, controlled by Italy's new Prime Minister Rossi, itself has a large number of battleships. After acquiring the British aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, its power now cannot be underestimated.
Although they are not directly under the command of Redel's Joint Naval Command, considering his status as a member of the German Gestapo in Rosina, it is actually not difficult for Reinhardt to unite with the Italian Navy for coordinated operations in the future.
The naval strength of Vichy France on the Western Front is also very strong. As long as the benefits are enough, Pétain has no reason to refuse joint operations. Furthermore, today's Vichy France has been completely tied to the big ship of the Allies. If Pétain does not
If he is willing to sink the ship with Germany, then he must go to the dark side with Reinhard.
Although Franco's Spanish fleet is not easy to control, Reinhardt does not need to control them. The Spanish navy has been lonely for a long time, and after experiencing a civil war, its strength has been greatly reduced again. Today's
The Spanish Navy is just a decoration there. The already impregnable "Atlantic Barrier" really has no need for them.
After the Atlantic Barrier, which was a hundred times more reliable than the so-called "never breached" Maginot Line, was settled, the remaining problem was to share the spoils.
In the Battle of Britain, among Germany's many allies, the biggest contributors were France and Italy.
Fortunately for Italy, Prime Minister Rossi, who is fully in power in Italy, is one of his own. Reinhardt very cleverly followed the original agreement with Mussolini. As long as the African campaign is over, Italy will not only need to help them with the German army
Except for a part of Libya that was conquered, all areas were handed over to German control. The rest of the colonies that were jointly recovered by the coalition forces were all returned to Italian control.
As for the colonies that were about to be taken over from the British, the Suez Canal was controlled by Germany, and the German troops under Rommel took over the super large overseas military base established by the British in the canal area. Other former British spheres of influence, including Cairo, became Italian
of trophies.
Germany has long coveted the Suez Canal and has always hoped to control it. Giving it to its allies, especially its Italian allies, is naturally no more reassuring than having it controlled by the Germans themselves.
As early as World War I, Germany's strength could not reach here, so it had to instruct its Turkish allies in World War I to send troops to attack Egypt and seize the Suez Canal. However, that also failed.
But this time, when the troops of the Third Reich came to Africa, they did not use this canal, which had objective value and could create huge wealth.
With control of this canal, Germany can obtain a steady stream of economic benefits from here even after the war is over.
Moreover, this canal also has important strategic value for the Allied military groups. If it wants to be the leader of the Allied Powers, Germany must control the Suez Canal itself.
Then there was the division of battleships after the surrender of the British Mediterranean Fleet. There was no doubt about this. The selfish Reinhard asked Rossi very "politely" for it.
In short, Italy is very easy to talk to and reached a win-win partition agreement with Germany very happily.