The soft underbelly of the Axis was Churchill's concept of Italy and it was chosen as the country the Allies would go after first (on the European Continent)
The soft underbelly of the Axis Powers was Italy. The allies (US-led) launched the invasion of Scicily and Italy in order to knock it our of the war.
Gallipoli is found in the European part of Turkey with the Aegan Sea to the west. Winston Churchill explained it as "The soft underbelly of Europe".
During World War II, the 'soft underbelly' of the Axis Powers in 1943 was, according to Winston Churchill, the Italian Peninsula. Usually considered to have been the unfortunate effect of a misplaced metaphor, this view was partly responsible for the actual Allied invasion of Italy which took place in 1943.
If Istanbul could be captured, access to the Black Sea would be gained opening up the so called Soft Underbelly of Europe.
Italy
Italy
The soft underbelly of the Axis was Churchill's concept of Italy and it was chosen as the country the Allies would go after first (on the European Continent)
Italy
The soft underbelly of the Axis Powers was Italy. The allies (US-led) launched the invasion of Scicily and Italy in order to knock it our of the war.
Sicily and Italy.
To protect itself from predators. To shield its soft underbelly from its attackers.
Italy. Want proof? Watch Hetalia.
The reference was to Italy .
Roll over and show soft underbelly (they have a long boring life, death is a gift soon as suicide is impossable to them)
Roll over and show soft underbelly (they have a long boring life, death is a gift soon as suicide is impossable to them)
Gallipoli is found in the European part of Turkey with the Aegan Sea to the west. Winston Churchill explained it as "The soft underbelly of Europe".