Napoleon's invasion concept assumed that temporary command of the Channel could put roughly 200,000 troops across to Britain. Wind, port capacity, beach landings and the need to send vessels back for successive waves made a six-hour timetable implausible. Barges driven onto beaches could not immediately return for more troops, while orderly unloading through ports imposed its own capacity limits. Sea control therefore had to be matched by practical transport, repeated lift and unloading capacity.
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Why six hours of Channel control was not enough
A proposed six-hour window of Channel mastery collapses when troop lift, weather, landing capacity and return voyages are considered.