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Originally Posted by Carl W Schwamberger
Looks like the next step at this scale is to make some accurate estimates what size army the Quiberon beaches can actually supply. To mean anythig stratigicaly the Allied army must be strong enough to secure the Breton penensula, then the ports. That brings us back to what sort of defense the ports had facing inland, and what the cargo capacities of these ports are.
I suspose you read my posts on the subject of supply on the Axis Hist Forum?
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Of course. I would think that the key question is can the Allies take Lorient? It would solve most of their supply problems. The small ports they would hold initially might not be enough. But, they have alot of sheltered water and could use landing craft to supplement those.
I know by the end of 1942 that most of the construction on the Atlantic Wall at Lorient is going into the sub pens. This is tying up nearly 2000 construction workers and army engineers at the time. I would think the construction would be abandoned and these workers put to use building field fortifications immediately. However, other than whatever French coastal batteries existed in the area there is really little real construction going on what would become the 1944 version of the Wall.