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I've been doing some reading on the Allied Invasion of Sicily. It was technically successful, Sicily was conquered after all, but they also allowed all those Germans to escape with their equipment and supplies. How could the allies have conquered Sicily without allowing all the Germans to escape? I was thinking that instead of landing in southern Sicily, they instead have a two-pronged invasion. One would land near Messina, and the other on mainland Italy near Calabria. This would give allies control of the Strait, and cut off the escape route of the Germans. This might make the actual invasion of Italy easier, since the Germans would not have all that men and material that escaped.
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