.......FALL IN to the FReeper Foxhole! .......Good Thursday Morning Everyone!
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.......FALL IN to the FReeper Foxhole! Although U.S. military leaders had not initially planned to use Sicily as a springboard for an invasion of Italy, the impact of the operation on the tottering Fascist regime begged exploitation, and the Allies quickly followed up their victory by invading Italy in September 1943.
Most of the reading I've done on this subject seems to indicate that the U.S. planners never thought highly of invading Italy in the first place. Churchill's "soft underbelly" argument was blown to pieces after Allied troops had gotten ashore in Italy proper.
However, the British were exceptionally good at getting their way in joint discussions with the Americans, led by General Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff (later Lord Alanbrooke).
As an example, the Allied invasion of Southern France (codenamed "Anvil" by the British) was named "Dragoon" by the Americans because they didn't care for that idea either. They thought both invasions would divert resources and manpower from the main cross-Channel effort.
As always .. tremendous reading!
Morning Sam~
Ya'll are too good . . . think I'll watch "Patton" tonight.
