NAVAL RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS

(3) Axis totals were estimated at 200,000 (350,000 actual) with approximately 1,600 combat planes in the Mediterranean. C. Political considerations. 1. Churchill considered Italy to be the "soft underbelly" of the Axis which should be attacked before Normandy. 2. Attacking the Italian peninsula fulfilled the . Allied promise to open the second ... ................
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