"Landing on Newfoundland, then using Newfoundland as a bridgehead to land in Canada. After crushing Canada, we would launch an attack on the United States. It is indeed a good plan. But would the Americans really be unprepared?" Oscar asked after reading the landing plan submitted by the army, navy, and air force.
"Your Majesty, the Americans will certainly take precautions. However, no matter which direction we launch our landing operation from, the Americans will be prepared. When the time comes, a head-on clash with them will be unavoidable. As long as we can gain a firm foothold on Newfoundland, we will have nothing to fear. Even if we fight the Americans head-on then, we will still hold the upper hand," Field Marshal Manstein said.
"Newfoundland covers an area of 110,000 square kilometers. We can build a large number of airfields on its coastal plains. Then, using those airfields as bases, we can launch strategic bombing raids against the United States' industrial regions, directly weakening America's war potential," Air Force Minister Field Marshal Kesselring said.
Oscar nodded. If the German Air Force could operate from Newfoundland, it would indeed be able to bring the entire industrial heartland of the United States within its strike range. Once the industrial regions were destroyed, the Americans would have no way to continue resisting Germany. If they could not even manufacture weapons and equipment, could they really use human lives to fight Germany? Even if they fought desperately like that, the final result would only be courting death.
"Your Majesty, according to the intelligence we have obtained, the British have not deployed many troops on Newfoundland. Originally, they had only one Infantry Division on the island. Now, they have merely increased it to three Infantry Divisions, totaling just over fifty thousand men. Moreover, their