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To: AppyPappy

Yes. Plus it didn’t help that General Mark Clark committed stupid strategic decisions that prolonged the Italian campaign.


12 posted on 05/30/2022 9:46:44 AM PDT by princeofdarkness (HONEST officials should never oppose an election audit. If they do, then they are NOT HONEST.)
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To: princeofdarkness

Churchill wanted Vienna but he lacked a viable strategy for getting there. Getting tied down in the mountains instead of breaching Rimini and heading for Bologna cost too many lives. The Germans would have to abandon their positions or get cut off.


16 posted on 05/30/2022 9:59:46 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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