New Glasgow had originally been the headquarters of the American-British Allied Forces on the Nova Scotia peninsula. But now, the city had been captured by the German military. What had once been a beautiful coastal city had now become a ruin.
The remnants of the US 1st Army Corps and 2nd Army Corps had originally intended to put up stubborn resistance here. But under the fierce assault of the overwhelmingly superior German military, they held out for only two days before surrendering due to devastating losses and a lack of supplies, their troops driven into the desperate plight of exhausted ammunition and empty rations.
Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, commander of the US 1st Army Corps, handed over his sidearm to Marshal Blomberg, commander of the German 1st Army Group, on behalf of the American-British Allied Forces.
In this battle for the Nova Scotia peninsula, more than 200,000 of the over 700,000 American-British Allied Forces troops became casualties. All those remaining entered German prisoner-of-war camps. Some American-British Allied Forces soldiers had attempted to cross the Bay of Fundy and flee to the United States, but none succeeded under German interception. Instead, quite a number froze to death or drowned in the Bay of Fundy.
Only after the German military had completely occupied the Nova Scotia peninsula could they be said to have gained a firm foothold on the North American continent. Next, the German military could dispatch troops to the North American continent in an unending stream. After all, the German military had now gained command of the sea and could support millions of men fighting on the North American continent through powerful maritime transport.
The German Army's Army Group B and Army Group C would also head to the North American continent one after another. In addition, Germany's many Protectorates