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I always thought that the Italian campaign during WWII was a complete misunderstanding. Italy was a blind alley and the Allies wasted only the time and the lives of tens of thousands of their soldiers in the bloody battles of Monte Cassino and Anzio. So what would happen if after taking Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica allies instead of southern Italy landed in southern France? The German forces were much weaker there than the English Channel and the coast was not fortified. Could they possibly have liberated France earlier? Will Landing in Normandy still be needed?