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Why did the Allies invade Europe from the Mediterranean in 1943?

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Southern Europe was not as strongly defended as the coast of France.


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The Allies invaded the Mediterranean because they wanted to remove Italy from axis powers. Axis powers are nations that fought in the WW2 so they basically didn't want Italy to fight in the war.
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