Italian Campaign: "what a waste!"

[Von Schadewald]

Major-General JFC Fuller stated: "The war in Italy was strategically the most useless campaign of the whole war. It prolonged the war, wrecked Italy and wasted thousands of American and British lives".

With 20-20 hindsight, instaed of invading Sicily and Italy, what would have been the best possible Allied strategy after the fall of Tunisia in May 1943, assuming that Fuller is correct?

[JonS]

Fuller said a lot of things. Some of the time he was even right.

Shouldn't this thread be in the "What if..." section? Oh, that's right ... you tried that

[Jon G.]

...With 20-20 hindsight, instaed of invading Sicily and Italy, what would have been the best possible Allied strategy after the fall of Tunisia in May 1943, assuming that Fuller is correct?

Well, do you think that Allied planners had 20/20 hindsight when the concieved and launched the Italian campaign in 1943?

I have nothing against counterfactuals - but you should note that this forum has a sub-section dedicated to them. Do not post freewheeling counterfactuals in other sections because you do not feel like adhering to the rules laid down for the What-If Section:

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=95659

In the meantime, if you wish to pursue this line of thought please endeavour to offer us your own view on things, preferably sourced with something of more substance than a single Fuller quote. You can for example add to one of these already existing threads:

Who was the Italian Theatre 43-45 a greater drain on?
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 26&start=0

italian campaign
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=108259

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