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Originally Posted by curious
Venice and Monaco are in northern italy. Wth the Axis forces cut off from resupply and reinforcement and the industrial part of Italy in allied hands, why do the Allies have to fight in southern italy at all? The germans weren't going anywhere, especially without fuel.
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I have been following this thread with more than some interest but have made but only one comment to date.
However, after re-reading the earlier part of the thread I can't help but take Curious to task on one minor issue.
He states (presumably for my benefit as he has just quoted me) "Venice & Monaco are in Northern Italy"
Really ?
A brief glance at my "signature" below would have revealed that I spent four winters in Italy (1943-1946) and am therefore unlikely to need a basic lesson in the geography of the area.
As for a major landing in the Venice area ?, the mind boggles, I only wish that this thread had cropped up before May this year when I returned to stay in the Venice area after a gap of sixty odd years. I'm sure that it would have provided me with some good holiday reading !