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Originally Posted by tcolvin
Of course naval guns were effective and therefore ideal.
But you don't plan to get to Berlin by relying on gunfire from battleships, monitors and cruisers, which are only good for the first 15 miles.
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The first 15 miles is where the Atlantic wall ("Hillman" included) was and that's what I thought we were talking about. I don't recall there being any comparable fortifications between there and Berlin, the Westwall (Siegfried Line) having been stripped of men and weapons in favour of the Atlantic Wall.
The plan to use naval gunfire against coastal defences appears to me entirely rational.