TFSmith121
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Breakout to the west - toward the Bay of Biscay.
Breakout to the west - toward the Bay of Biscay, with one army (US 7th) and drive north along the Rhone with the other (British 8th); Germans still have to fight a mobile campaign in the west and a positional one up the Rhone, or abandon southwestern France and weaken their hold on northwestern France.
Certainly a better prospect then fighting north up and over the Appennies, Po, Rapido, Alps, etc. for three years.
Italy is in the war means the Germans have to provide food, POL, and garrison troops to stiffen the Italians, if Sicily and Sardinia is any guide, and from one end of the Peninsula to the other, and manage a joint command - how is any of this a problem for the Allies?
And the contributions of the Italian navy and air force to the defense of Sicily would suggest that's not exactly a huge problem for the RN, RAF, USN, and USAAF in 1943-45.
Best,
Congratulations, all you've really done is move the Italian mainland campaign to the south of France, which has its own good share of mountains. Therefore a break-out seems unlikely.
You have also left Italy in the war and landed within a few hundred miles of their naval bases - allied navies will be more concerned about a surface action, than providing gunfire support to the landings.
Breakout to the west - toward the Bay of Biscay, with one army (US 7th) and drive north along the Rhone with the other (British 8th); Germans still have to fight a mobile campaign in the west and a positional one up the Rhone, or abandon southwestern France and weaken their hold on northwestern France.
Certainly a better prospect then fighting north up and over the Appennies, Po, Rapido, Alps, etc. for three years.
Italy is in the war means the Germans have to provide food, POL, and garrison troops to stiffen the Italians, if Sicily and Sardinia is any guide, and from one end of the Peninsula to the other, and manage a joint command - how is any of this a problem for the Allies?
And the contributions of the Italian navy and air force to the defense of Sicily would suggest that's not exactly a huge problem for the RN, RAF, USN, and USAAF in 1943-45.
Best,