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    "title": "Quadrant Conference",
    "description": "This volume on the Quadrant Conference includes the papers and minutes of Combined Chiefs of Staff meetings 106 to 116.  These were held from August 14 to 24, 1943, in Quebec at the Chateau Frontenac.  Also included in the conference were two meetings at the Citadel of Quebec, attended by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on August 19 and 23, 1943.  A wide range of topics were presented including various aspects of the war against Japan and Operation Overlord.",
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GROUP CAPACITIES (Major Ports\nonly)\nNORTH SEINE\nGROU\nBELGIAN\nSECTOR\n90 days after all ports have been captured\nBerck\nBOULOGNEY -ANT NERA\nValenciennes\nGROUP\nDaily Capacity\nA Force of\n(Expressed in terms of divisions which can be maintained, at\n/A Force of\n37 Divisions\nCOTENTIN SECTOR\n(a) Natural 18,000\n600 tons per division per day.)\nDaily Capacity\n(b) Assault 9,000\nCambrai\n(a) Natural 23,000\nCAEN SECTOR\nINDIVIDUAL PORT CAPACITIES (Major Ports only)\n(b) Assault 12,000\nDaily Capacity\n(c) Developed 27,000\n(Expressed in terms of divisions which can be maintained, at\nBOULOGNE\n(a) Natural 43,000\n(d) Weather 75-80%\nLe Trépont\n50\n600 tons per division per day.)\n(c) Developed 34,000\nSVEPPE\n6.2\n30 days after capture\n(b) Assault 32,000\n(d) Weather\nLE HAVRE\nDienne\nOn capture\nEast\nWest\n(c) Developed 65,000\n90 days after capture\n89-94% 70-85%\n8\nAMIENS\n(d) Weather 88-90%\nSt. Quentin\nSEINE PAS DE CALAIS\nNOTE: TOTAL ESTIMATED PORT CAPACITIES ARE\nFécamp\nGROUP\nFECAME\nNOW UNDER RE-EXAMINATION, AND IT IS\nCHERBOURG\nThe Sector ISIGNY\n(HAVRE & ROUEN-CALAIS)\nEXPECTED THAT THEY WILL BE INCREASED,\n8 6\nCABOURG is out of\n0\nA Force of 32 Divisions\nON THE AVERAGE, BY NOT LESS THAN 25\nrange of coast defences\nOcteville\nCHANNEL\nround LE HAVRE\nBolbec\nPERCENT.\nBRETON NORTHEAST\nGUERNSEY\nAssault Capacity over\nSECTOR\n20,000\nROUEN\nBRETON NORTHWEST\nDaily Capacity\nSECTOR\nISLANDS\nTrouville\nDaily Capacity\n(a) Natural 25,000\nIsigny\nREIMS\n(a) Natural 14,000\n(b) Assault 12,000\nROUEN\nJERSEY\nHelier\nCAEN\n(b) Assault\n(c) Developed 37,000\nLisieux\n10 3\n49\nSt. L8\n(c) Developed\n(d) Weather 70-88%\nCAELY\n49\n(Evreux\n(d) Weather 70-88%\nPARIS\nVire\nCHERBOURG SEINE\n(CHERBOURG DIEPPE)\nDreux\nMalo\nMoriaix\nA Force of 34 Divisions\nBREST\nGuingamp\nST BRIUEC)\nNOTE on TOTAL PORT GROUR SAPACITIES\nST. MALO\nChartres\nFor capacities of egen group including\nFougeres\nminor ports, ses appendix \"A\". The\nBRITTANY CHERBOURG\nBRITTANY-CHERBOURG - group has\nGROU\nRENNES\nhigher capacity in minor ports than any\nPontivy\nINANTES CAEN)\nLaval\nA Force of It Divistons\nChâteaudun\nother group.\n48\nMANS\nOrleans\nTHEORETICAL\nDAILY\nCAPACITY\nChâteaubriant\n(a) Natural The estimated number of vehicles or tons of stores\nDeveloped The estimated capacity after improvement of beach\nBRETON SOUTHWEST\n<VANNES\nthat could be passed over the beaches in the whole\nexits. This is taken as an arbitrary average of 150%\nRedon\nSECTOR\nsector, working eight hours a day (four hours per\nof the natural capacity\n-\nDaily Capacity not known\ntide), assuming peace conditions and good weather,\nWeather\nThe average extremes of the weather factor is shown\nbut no development of exits.\nas the percentage of days on which beaches could\nNANTE\nANGERS\n-\n(b) Assault The maximum capacity of the whole group on D Day\nbe worked between May and September. One low\nif all worthwhile beaches are assaulted-\"Natural\nand one high figure are given. The value and steadi-\nBRETON SOUTHEAST\nSI. NAZAIRE\nSECTOR\nNAZAIRE\nOURS\ncapacity less an arbitrary 25% to allow for enemy\nness of the weather factor indicate the value of the\nDaily Capacity\n0\nBISCAY-BRITTANY GROUP\nopposition and less a further percentage variable\ngroup for beach mainfenance over a period. 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