Southern Spain is chosen because fleets released from northern France can move around the coast and combine there. Available ships transfer into the operation until the projected chance of success rises from 44 percent to 100 percent. The British Army then appears as a supporting force, making this a joint operation rather than a navy-only landing. The sequence shows how amphibious success depends on theatre geometry, concentrated naval tonnage, and cooperation with land forces.
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Concentrating naval force for an amphibious invasion
An invasion of southern Spain succeeds on paper only after ships are concentrated from the completed northern campaign and the army joins the operation.