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Old December 6th, 2007, 04:25 PM
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Default Re: Italian campaign uses Hannibal's plan...not Montgomery's

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Originally Posted by von Rundstedt View Post
Italy had proven a worthless ally, Germany from 1941 had to continually bale out its ally. US and Britain knew that Germany's achillies heel was Italy.
Agreed.
Even earlier. When France was already on her knees in June 1940 , Italy stabbed her in her back by declaring war on her. However they never got through the alps, despite an ill prepared offensive and had the battle gone on they would have had their asses kicked.
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