RE: Re: [OT] Invading America

>No one seems to have commented on my message about Puerto Rico. That
was the
>first focal point of German Naval Operation Plan III at the turn of the
>century. They even went so far as to consider towing coastal defence
hulks
>across the ocean for use in holding Puerto Rico.

How well would German troops have held up to the climate?  The Caribbean
being known for malaria and so forth.  I know Germany had some troops in
Africa who might have been acclimated, but how many and how available?

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