Maine and New Brunswick province lay side by side. South of the Appalachian Mountains alone, the plains suitable for an offensive stretched for more than three hundred kilometers. That was why the US Army had been forced to concentrate such enormous forces in Maine. Otherwise, with troops spread too thin, it would have been impossible to establish a solid defensive line along such a lengthy border, let alone withstand the German offensive.
In order to hold back the German offensive in Maine, the US Army had deployed ten Army Corps there. In addition, to strengthen the armored combat capabilities of the US forces stationed in Maine, the US Army had also deployed twenty of its sixty-one independent tank battalions there, further bolstering the US armored strength in this region.
It had to be known that the ten Army Corps deployed by the US Army in Maine commanded ten Armored Divisions, with more than 3,900 tanks of various types. Each US independent tank battalion was also equipped with fifty-three tanks. Twenty battalions meant a full 1,060 tanks. Altogether, they possessed nearly five thousand tanks. This was undoubtedly an exceptionally powerful armored force.
It had to be known that the German Army Group B facing the US forces possessed only a little over three thousand tanks in total. The two Army Groups of the Kingdom of England and Wales had only been equipped with a small number of tanks, and nearly all of them were retired German tanks.
This left the German military outnumbered by the US forces in terms of tanks.
In terms of quality, the US forces naturally understood the formidable power of the German Tiger-Panther tanks. Therefore, they deployed as many heavy Armored Divisions and heavy independent tank battalions as possible in Maine. The M26 tank was probably the