Operation Husky
“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” Sun Tzu The idea for the invasion of Sicily was born at the January 1943, Casablanca conference between President Franklin Roosevelt and English Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The overwhelming success of the North African Campaign allowed the Allies to consider pushing their plans forward to take the war onto the European continent. Therefore, the Allies commenced planning for an amphibious invasion to liberate Sicily, which was, code-named Operation Husky . To better understand this military operation it is necessary to research primary and secondary sources and assess their value. Primary source documents provide unique opportunities for the past to be explored. They provide a richer and more descriptive explanation of the past that cannot be reproduced in textbooks. However, the creator's point of view must be considered when skeptically and critically analyzing these documents. While examining the Records of the Joint Chiefs of Staff it was necessary to determine the documents value and analyze and evaluate the documents for bias or contradiction. The primary documents concerning Operation Husky were u
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Approximate Pages = 12 (250 words per page double spaced)
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