Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island had fallen into the hands of the German military one after another, posing an enormous threat to the United States and Britain. Britain in particular would bear the brunt and become the first target of the German military's attacks.
After the German military captured Cape Breton Island, only the one-kilometer-wide Canso Strait stood between them and the Nova Scotia peninsula. No one believed the Canso Strait could hold back the German offensive. That was practically impossible. Even the Atlantic Ocean, thousands of kilometers wide, had failed to stop the German offensive, let alone a narrow strait.
Once the German military landed on the Nova Scotia peninsula, the United States and Britain would likely be unable to withstand the German offensive.
"Gentlemen, the speed of the German offensive has completely exceeded our expectations. No matter what, we absolutely cannot allow the Germans to land on the Nova Scotia peninsula. Otherwise, defeating them afterward will become even more difficult," Prime Minister Churchill said sternly.
After the British Army was driven from Cape Breton Island, Prime Minister Churchill telephoned President Roosevelt, hoping the US military would do everything in its power to help them resist the German offensive. Otherwise, once Britain was defeated, the United States would gain absolutely nothing from it either.
President Roosevelt naturally understood this. Thus, he assured Prime Minister Churchill that in the coming battles, the US military would do its utmost to assist the British Army in holding back the German offensive.
US Army Chief of Staff General Marshall, Operations Department head Major General Eisenhower, and US Army Air Corps Commander General Henry Arnold traveled to Toronto to hold a meeting with senior British Army officials and discuss how to resist the German offensive.
Prime Minister Churchill personally attended the meeting. He knew