Related thoughts
I'm also looking at where the Marines land in the 2000 offensive-- do we have a clear picture of that? (I can't find my Death of a division now.)
I've seen posted a TF Inchon going for Elblag to control the eastern Vistula crossings.
It would seem to me that control of the Bay of Danzig would be a worthy operational goal.
- the harbor(s) would ease ocean resupply of the forces on the coast.
- control of the mouth of the Vistula could develop into projection of riverine forces up that river. Control of the upper river would threaten lines of communication of the Soviet forces on the Oder.
-there is the potential for contacting friendly forces nearby: the Polish Free Legion inland and the 10th GTD upriver near Warsaw. (And, if we accept my ideas about a Polish Free Congress conspiracy among the Polish army leadership, that would certainly be supported).
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