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Before the landings in France, the Western Allies focused on the Mediterranean, defending the British colonies in Africa, attacking Italian and Vichy French colonies, and attempting to knock Italy out of the war (Churchill called Italy "the soft underbelly of Europe"). In the end, the invasion of Italy did succeed in knocking Italy out of the war and taking some pressure off of the Soviets (Hitler decided to end the all-important offensive against Kursk in 1943 in order to devote more troops to Italy; a key turning point on the Eastern Front). Additionally, air combat over France and the Mediterranean crippled the German Air Force (Luftwaffe), leaving the Germans short of aircraft to fight the Soviets. However, the Allies never fully succeeded in Italy, and German troops remained in the northern part of that country until the end of the war. The Soviets still needed the Western Allies to do more, since the Italian Front did not prove as successful as was hoped.
American and Free French commanders then pushed for an invasion of France to open the elusive second front, overruling Churchill and some British commanders, who preferred an invasion of Greece and the Balkans (the British had a sphere of influence in Greece pre-war, and had been driven out of Greece a few years earlier). While the Western Allies never actually reached Berlin, they succeeded in diverting or destroying large parts of the German military, helping the Red Army to launch a series of massive offensives in 1944-1945.
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