Mediterranean-First? Anglo-American Strategic Planning and the Origins of the Allied Occupation of Italy (1939-1943)

• Main Author: Aterrano, Marco Maria (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: Italian
• Published: Napoli FedOA - Federico II University Press 2017
• Series: Clio: Essays in History, Archaeology and Art History 16
• Subjects: xxxx; World War II; Mediterranean strategy; Allied military planning; Allied occupation of Italy; Mediterranean Strategy; Wartime Planning
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The arrival of the Allies in Italy in July 1943 was not the result of an impromptu decision, but rather of a prolonged debate that involved both political and military agencies in London and Washington for the first four years of the Second World War. The decision to pursue the defeat of the Axis th...