New Glasgow, the headquarters of the American-British Allied Forces on the Nova Scotia peninsula. Across the entire Nova Scotia peninsula, the American-British Allied Forces had a total of 400,000 troops, including the US 1st Army Corps, ten British Army Infantry Divisions, and two Armored Divisions.
In addition, the US 2nd Army Corps had already arrived in New Brunswick province and could enter the Nova Scotia peninsula as reinforcements at any time. The British Army also had ten Infantry Divisions and two Armored Divisions in New Brunswick province. If necessary, these troops could all enter the Nova Scotia peninsula to fight.
Perhaps because they needed to rely on the Americans to hold back the German offensive, the British voluntarily gave up the position of Allied Commander. Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, commander of the US 1st Army Corps, became Commander, while British Lieutenant General Harold Alexander became deputy commander. The two worked together to command the American-British Allied Forces on the Nova Scotia peninsula.
"General, according to the intelligence we obtained, the Germans are massively reinforcing Cape Breton Island. Aside from the German 1st Army Corps, which entered Cape Breton Island earlier to fight, the German 4th Army Corps has also landed on Cape Breton Island," said Major General Thomas, chief of staff of the US 1st Army Corps.
"General Thomas, you have also left out the German Marine Corps. There are already five German Marine Corps formations here. That means they have 100,000 Marines. It also means that the Germans we will be facing could number as many as 500,000," Lieutenant General Harold Alexander said.
Lieutenant General Omar Bradley nodded. "The German Marine Corps is extremely formidable. We cannot underestimate them."
"Yes, their Marine Corps is extremely formidable, not the slightest bit weaker than their Army. They may even be stronger.