Re: "Lofty cant" about WWII

[Nestor Miguel Gorojovsky <gorojovsky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

En relación a Re: "Lofty cant" about WWII,
el 25 May 01, a las 20:43, Jose G. Perez dijo:

> Before the allies had been piddling around in North Africa and
> places as "strategic" as sicily, which, because of its limited
> significance, was not that heavily defended (and in the event, the
> anglo-american forces did not succeed in preventing the the
> evacuation of much of the defending force).

As to the Americans, they had a very particular reason to hit on
Sicilly, which is that they were dreaming of an American protectorat
(Salvatore Giuliano). A giant Malta in the midst of the Mediterranean.

Néstor Miguel Gorojovsky
gorojovsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx