The Dover defenses imposed land-like control on maritime geography partly because German raiders treated destruction of patrol craft as their principal objective. Contemporary cavalry doctrine instead sought to pass through a breach and attack logistics behind the line. Warships are maneuver forces, yet both attackers and defenders could lose that freedom when tied to the barrage, drifters, convoys, or fixed protection duties. The closing counterfactual sends I Scouting Group into the Channel against HMS Dreadnought and the Channel Squadron, with Harwich Force threatening at the barrage. It asks whether the German force would bypass these opponents for the merchant lanes or become absorbed in another battle over the barrier.
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Destroying the barrier versus exploiting a breakthrough
The conclusion argues that German forces repeatedly attacked the blockade itself instead of exploiting a breach against the logistics the blockade protected.