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I read Freedom from Fear again a few weeks ago, and what struck me this time around was the author's disdain for what he called Churchill's "periphery-pecking," ie the invasions of North Africa and Italy. Supposedly George Marshall and most of FDR's advisors favored an early invasion of France, while Churchill, discomfited by the horrendous losses of WWI and the Battle of France, demurred. FDR, our of respect to the Atlantic partnership, delayed the invasion.

My early impression is that, regardless of whether it was possible, a successful invasion leads to the war ending earlier, probably with the western Allies in control of all of Germany. A failure could result in anything from a Soviet-dominated Germany to a separate peace in the East.

What would a 1943 invasion look like? Where and when would it have occurred? And could it have succeeded at any level?
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