The Importance of Strategic Seaports

Well, it seems we've come to the end. What more is there to say about the relative and absolute superiority of the kriegsmarine over the adjacent branches of the wermacht in WWII, the two branches being, namely, the heer and the luftwaffe, two organizations whose contributions to the german effort pale in comparision to those made by the valiant kriegsmariners, hardy, stout, resilient men who would say nothing to a cut in their rations of grog and rum, men born from the salt of the earth, or, rather, the salt of the sea, men who are men, who were men, who will always be men, that hasn't already been said? And yet, my colleagues are still not content to bow down at my argumentative feet and shower them with praise. Perhaps I shall never convince them. Perhaps, that is the way is was always meant to be. In any case, I leave you, the loyal and faithful hypothetical reader, with this bit of advice: remember the importance of strategic seaports.