After the German military captured Cape Breton Island, both the United States and Britain felt an immense threat. They began frantically reinforcing the Nova Scotia peninsula and New Brunswick province, hoping to keep the German military off the North American continent.
Although the German military had successively seized Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island, a strait still lay between them and the North American continent. Even if that strait was only one kilometer wide, they had yet to truly set foot on the North American continent.
When the British forces retreated from Cape Breton Island, they blew up the bridge over the Canso Strait. They hoped to turn the strait into an impassable natural barrier and prevent the German military from advancing toward the North American continent.
Unfortunately, such a narrow strait clearly could not withstand the German offensive.
The German Marine Corps had already proven the success of their landing tactics through several previous landing operations. In addition, Germany's engineering units could build a pontoon bridge across the Canso Strait within two hours. Therefore, if the German military crossed the strait and launched an attack on the Nova Scotia peninsula, the American and British forces would likely find it extremely difficult to hold them back.
However, disagreements arose within the German military over their next move. Previously, the German military had planned to land on Cape Breton Island and Prince Edward Island simultaneously. Yet because the Royal Air Force and the US Army Air Corps had committed their main forces in their struggle for air superiority, the German Air Force and the navy's Carrier-based Aircraft Unit had no choice but to meet them with all their strength. Though the continuous stream of reinforcements from Germany not only held back the US Army Air Corps and the Royal Air Force, but