02-05-2025
The Soft Underbellies of the US, the EU and China
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In the titanic struggle to defeat the Axis, Winston Churchill championed a military strategy aimed at the 'soft underbelly' of Hitler's league of fascist regimes. Specifically, that was Italy, where the British prime minister believed resistance to an invasion would quickly give way and allow the US, Britain and their allies to cut right through the middle of Nazi-dominated Europe.
