The NATO offensive was the last throw of the dice for the Western Theatre. Given the materiel thrown into the fight, it is possible that the commanders had several objectives. The tendancy to have other operations piggy back off the main mission suggests that they were desperate to get as much as they could done in the time left. In my opinion, the offensive's objectives could have been any or all of the following:
1) An attempt to panic the Soviets into retreating by threatening to out flank them.
2) An attempt to control the Baltic and link up with the free Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, this would be a sensible suggestion as there would be little need for the Marines to land East of the Vistula if all the offensive hoped to do was secure a defensible line for Germany in the East, ie, the Vistula.
3) Shale oil might have been a useful secondary objective but sources state that the oil that was being pumped was too valuable for burning and was used for lubricating engines.
4) Securing the Vistula line for Germany in order to strengthen the country for the next round of fighting, possibly in about twenty years. This would seem a sensible objective, if an optimistic one, for the Germans as I can see them being more prosaic than wanting "Peace with Honour" and as they seemed to do the bulk of the fighting in the offensive they probably had a big say in the objectives.
5) Trying to crack the pro-Soviet Government and establish a pro-Western on in its place.
6) Finding our if the Black Madonna still exists.
7) Stealing Project Reset.
I don't think that there is any need to pin down the offensive to a single focus as you can feasibly put any spin on the reasons for the offensive, in fact, the more confusing the better in my opinion because it opens up so many story opportunities.
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