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Why did the Allies decide to attack North Africa instead of beginning with an attack on continental Europe?

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It stemmed mainly from a demand for early action against the European members of the Axis, and ostensibly was designed to ease the pressure on the hard-pressed Soviet armies and check the threatened advance of German power into the Middle East.

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