James Holland

And the British are going, well, yeah, but, you know, cross-channel elevation is not really going to happen.

We know we're doing that in North Africa at the moment. Then he goes over to Washington and says, And the Americans go, you know, we are definitely going to go and take on the attack to the Germans in 1942. They've made this promise. So in the summer of 1942, it becomes clear that they can't keep that. So Churchill says, well, look, I've got, here's an idea.

We know we're doing that in North Africa at the moment. Then he goes over to Washington and says, And the Americans go, you know, we are definitely going to go and take on the attack to the Germans in 1942. They've made this promise. So in the summer of 1942, it becomes clear that they can't keep that. So Churchill says, well, look, I've got, here's an idea.

We know we're doing that in North Africa at the moment. Then he goes over to Washington and says, And the Americans go, you know, we are definitely going to go and take on the attack to the Germans in 1942. They've made this promise. So in the summer of 1942, it becomes clear that they can't keep that. So Churchill says, well, look, I've got, here's an idea.

We know we're doing that in North Africa at the moment.

Then he goes over to Washington and says,

And the Americans go, you know, we are definitely going to go and take on the attack to the Germans in 1942.

They've made this promise.

So in the summer of 1942, it becomes clear that they can't keep that.

So Churchill says, well, look, I've got – here's an idea.

You know, we're in, we've already got an army in Egypt. Why don't we land another one in Northwest Europe? We can, Northwest Africa, we can, that's run by Vichy France, which is pro-Axis French army. colonies. Why don't we take that and we can do that and then we can meet in the middle, we can pince around, we can conquer the whole of North Africa.

You know, we're in, we've already got an army in Egypt. Why don't we land another one in Northwest Europe? We can, Northwest Africa, we can, that's run by Vichy France, which is pro-Axis French army. colonies. Why don't we take that and we can do that and then we can meet in the middle, we can pince around, we can conquer the whole of North Africa.

You know, we're in, we've already got an army in Egypt. Why don't we land another one in Northwest Europe? We can, Northwest Africa, we can, that's run by Vichy France, which is pro-Axis French army. colonies. Why don't we take that and we can do that and then we can meet in the middle, we can pince around, we can conquer the whole of North Africa.

You know, we're in – we've already got an army in Egypt.

Why don't we land another one in Northwest Europe?

We can – Northwest Africa.

We can – that's run by Vichy France, which is pro-Axis French army.

colonies.

Why don't we take that and we can do that and then we can meet in the middle, we can pince around, we can conquer the whole of North Africa.

You can kill with two birds with one stone because you can get some experience fighting against Axis troops, you know, test some of your equipment and commanders, you know, what's not to like and then we can sort of see how it goes. So this is a kind of opportunistic strategy.