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Italy. In World War II, Churchill thought he could keep casualties down by attacking Germany through the 'soft underbelly' of Italy rather than the cross-channel invasion through France advocated by both the Americans and Canadians. Remember, Britain lost nearly a million men in World War I. As it was, Italy was still a difficult and costly campaign.

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The allies believed by going through Italy or "The soft underbelly of Europe" would provide a path of little resistance to attack Germany. This route however provided serious difficulty to the troops and cost many more lives and took much longer than initially estimated.

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The reference was to Italy .

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