Roosevelt believed that if the United States went all out to fight against Japan, the Soviet Union and Britain would eventually part ways and fight on their own... This was not impossible. The Soviet Union and Britain almost had a stalemate in history, because even if the United States had worked together in the middle, Britain was still determined to find various excuses for its own interests rather than attacking France but attacking Italy. Until the end, there was no way: the Soviet Union achieved a decisive victory and threatened to negotiate with Germany, which forced Britain to agree to a Normandy landing to open up a second battlefield.

The British had to do this because the Soviet Union had gained an advantage on the battlefield and did have the capital to negotiate with the Germans. Once the Soviet Union and Germany negotiated peace, the British and American militaries would have to bear all the pressure from Germany.

What's ridiculous is that the British are so selfish and ugly on the battlefield, such as the "Boxernacle Plan" against France, the "Torch Plan", and the "Escape Plan" in Myanmar... However, the movie beautifies the British army and generals to an outrageous level, such as the general's last retreat, and even the soldiers all withdraw, and the generals have to stay to help the French.

Roosevelt would not have been as short-sighted as Churchill when he considered the problem.

Roosevelt considered: if the United States did not intervene in Europe, then Britain and the Soviet Union would be in danger of defeat or a long-term stalemate with Germany and Italy. In this way, even if the United States defeated Japan on the Pacific battlefield, it would eventually conquer the "Third Reich" with the exhausted Britain and the Soviet Union.

Since that's the case, why not unite Britain and the Soviet Union first and defeat the most powerful enemy... Germany first?

Of course, the United States is not as great as it seems on the surface. The United States wants to take this opportunity to enhance its international image and pull Britain down from the world's number one. This is a long-term interest consideration. Churchill, who only cares about immediate interests, just gave the United States a chance, so it is difficult for Britain to fail.

Montgomery and Eisenhower were in a stalemate, so they had to report the problem.

There is no doubt that Britain's attempt to attack Sicily was opposed by the United States and the Soviet Union... because everyone could see that Britain was looking for soft persimmons to delay time.

Churchill embarked on a diplomatic journey for this.

Churchill opened a map of southern Europe, the Mediterranean and North Africa in front of Stalin, and pointed to Sicily and said, "Old Master, please look here. The Germans have more than 100 air fleets here, and more than 200 Italian aircraft, and nearly 100 ships in the port of Palermo. At the same time, a German fleet has been added. Although this fleet is in Port Bisseda, it is actually based on Sicily. What's more, Germany has also established a transportation line from Algiers to Port Toulon, France, west of Sicily. This transportation line is also based on Sicily. If we can take Sicily... do we know what will happen? We can win the battlefield in North Africa, and even Viagra Italy may also cause Mussolini to fall and eventually force Italy to withdraw from the Axis powers!"

Stalin patiently watched Churchill's performance, and then replied with a serious expression: "Prime Minister, I think what you said is true. But... after you conquered Sicily, can you avoid landing in France?"

Stalin's words came to the forefront. Although Sicily is important, the problem is that it is almost a superfluous war strategically, because after fighting Sicily, it will eventually land in France if it wants to fight Germany.

On the contrary, if France is landed in France and then liberated France, then the Battle of Sicily will be eliminated, because Mussolini will also be under pressure to step down due to France's liberation, and Italy will also surrender.

But Churchill came prepared and nodded and said, "You are right, sir! But we have also tried to land in France before, but in the end we failed because of our inexperience!"

Churchill was talking about the Battle of Dipper... This battle was actually a response that Britain had to make under the strong demands of the Soviet Union. Because it was not determined to fight, it was not prepared in all aspects, which caused 5,810 casualties to the commando team composed of 6,018 people sent by the UK, with a casualty rate of 96.5%.

And this battle became Churchill's magic code again.

"In the Dipper landing war, we fully realized the difficulties and dangers of amphibious landing warfare!" Churchill said: "Especially, the British army and the American army have not cooperated before this, so I think we need to have a place that is relatively easy and less dangerous before a large-scale landing. This place is...Sicily!"

Stalin heard this and there was no sound. Although he knew that it was an excuse for Churchill to procrastinate, he had to admit that what Churchill said made sense.

"What's more!" Churchill continued: "It's not impossible for us to land in Sicily to relieve the pressure from the Soviet Union. The Germans have already transferred an air force from the Soviet Union to Sicily. As the battle deepens, I believe the Germans will transfer more troops to Sicily!"

Stalin found that he could not refuse this plan, because no matter what, the Allied attack on Sicily was also beneficial to the Soviet Union, although this benefit was not very great.

After convinced Stalin, the United States would be able to solve it.

Because the United States' desire to land in France is not very strong... It is also beneficial for the United States to continue to drag down a large-scale landing war.

But in fact, the United States has to agree with the UK's plan, because if the United States wants to land in France, it must use the UK as its base for progress. This is basically impossible without the consent and active cooperation of the United Kingdom.

The United States' loss is strategic... Roosevelt's "Europe first, then Asia" strategy was originally intended to concentrate his efforts to defeat the most powerful Germany among the Axis powers, and then turn around to deal with Japan.

But in fact, the US military was led by Britain to Italy, the weakest Axis powers. On the other hand, Japan successfully expanded its power in the Pacific because of the United States' strategy of "Europe first and then Asia".

However, after discussing with Eisenhower, Roosevelt finally decided to increase troops to North Africa to support the British's combat plan for landing in Sicily.
Chapter completed!