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I'm reading through 'An Army at Dawn' and it mentions Rommel begging Hitler to let them withdraw to Italy before another disaster hit, but was ignored. Assuming he was listened to for some reason by Hitler and the Axis is able to withdraw virtually all of their men and equipment (Allied logistics were still a mess apparently and wouldn't have been able to interfere on the ground, sea, or air except via Maltese interdiction, which still was not nearly as effective as it would become in April-May) to Sicily and Sardinia, how would the Allies then deal with some 300,000 Axis troops and their equipment defending Italy in addition to the historic forces that were there from June on IOTL?
I think I did a what if post about something similar once, but couldn't find the thread. I'm more curious about the Allied planning response to this than the Axis side of the hill.
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