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Why was the invasion of France necessary even after the capture of North Africa and a portion of Italy?
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To provide an open allied European supply port.
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Churchill had proposed an attack of Europe by going up through Italy and into Austria. He called this the "soft underbelly of Europe". Originally, some of the planners thought this would take about a year to get into Germany by that route.
However, it soon became obvious that this would not work. The Allied advance up the "boot" of Italy was stalled for 6 months at the mountains south of Rome. Then there was another mountain range to cross before getting to the Alps. Hitler selected General Kesselring because he proposed to defend Italy at every mountain to delay the Allies advance. Whereas General Rommel had proposed pulling back to the Po Valley. Kesselring was selected to command the HQ South and the Allied advance was slowed considerably.
The Allies continued the Italian Campaign in order to put pressure on the Germans which would help out the Russians fighting on their front. The planners determined the most direct path into Germany would be to land in Northern France and move across the Rhine. This would also have the added benefit of liberating France.
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