Regarding this matter, Eisenhower and Zhang Chi both thought things simple.

First of all, Alexander and Montgomery still have their own little ones in their hearts... This one proposed by Zhang Chi

There is a loophole in the "best of both worlds" plan, that is, according to this plan, both British and American armies must invest more troops in Italy to attract the German army to achieve the goal of dispersing the main force of the German army.

This step is exactly what the British army hopes. As for what to do after attracting German troops, that is, landing from northern France, then take one step at a time. Even Alexander and Montgomery only need to find another excuse to say that the time is not ripe and can delay the war.

So, in fact, there is no big difference between Alexander and Montgomery and he agree or not.

Secondly, there is a battle like this, especially a battle where the US military must first transport it to Britain and then launch a landing war... This is not something that people of Alexander and Eisenhower can decide. Otherwise, the American soldiers could occupy the entire UK at any time.

So even if Alexander and Montgomery agreed, nothing counted.

However, the meeting held in Sicily was not completely meaningless. The reason was that Alexander reported the meeting process and results to Churchill, while Eisenhower reported to Roosevelt, which forced Churchill and Roosevelt to hold a meeting to discuss related matters. Because the battle was also related to the Soviet Union, they also brought Stalin.

Roosevelt asked Eisenhower about the attitude of the British through telegram before the meeting.

Eisenhower replied: "Through several conversations, I don't think we can expect to cross the strait to fight the Germans in the command of the British. Many people think that the British were frightened by the Germans because of their experiences in the Dardanelles and Dunkirk, and that the British did not dare to carry out landing operations on the European continent... This is certainly one of the reasons, but on the surface, its essence is that the British want to reap the benefits of the fisherman and use delay tactics to preserve their strength."

"So!" Eisenhower concluded: "Mr. President, I think it's time for you to make up your mind. At the end of the European war we are facing, I think the United States should bravely take on leadership responsibilities. We cannot start this operation without certainty. This will put our troops in danger! Who knows what the British will do when we fight against the Germans?"

Although Eisenhower was a little obscure when he said these words, Roosevelt understood what he meant. This was actually saying that the US military must obtain the dominance and command of this battle, and it was absolute command.

Roosevelt thought about it and thought that the time was almost over, so he called back: "I came to the same conclusion!"

So the three giants held a meeting in Cairo.

The meeting was not going smoothly because Churchill still talked loudly and held Italy unyieldingly, and even used his eloquence to paint a great prospect for attacking Italy...

But in fact, Churchill was very unwise to do this. He did not understand the current situation: the three giants in the world are not for nothing. At this time, the world only looks at the three countries of Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union. This kind of triangular relationship is very taboo to be isolated by the other two countries.

Because the Soviet Union eased the pressure on the Western Front (for the Soviet Union it was the Western Front and for Germany it was the Eastern Front) of course, it hoped that the Allies would make a large-scale landing in northern France.

Stalin even said: "It is obvious that the best way is to directly hit the heart of Germany from northern France or northwest. Any other method will only delay the arrival of victory. I will only doubt the intention to propose this plan!"

Although Stalin's words were simple and shocking, they were very immersive.

Because the United States needs a stage to show its strength and become the world's leader, it also needs to fight a war, and win a battle... so it also requires landing from northern France.

Churchill is not suitable to use sweet words to emphasize the importance of Italy and the Mediterranean over and over again... Although this is in the interests of the United Kingdom, it is isolated.

So the leaders of the United States and the Soviet Union had a great conversation at this meeting, and they even put Churchill aside and discussed their own plans to attack northern France.

This made Churchill feel some invisible pressure.

You should know that this plan is implemented with the British territory. Churchill couldn't think of the United States. How could the Soviet Union bypass Britain and let him, the British Prime Minister, talk about the plan...unless, the United States and the Soviet Union want to exclude Britain.

This made Churchill sweat in a cold sweat. If this was the case, then Britain would be hit hard... Because the strength of the United States and the Soviet Union could completely defeat Germany, Roosevelt even hinted in his words that if it really didn't work, landing from southern France was also a feasible choice. All the Allies had to do was just walk a little more.

If we landed from southern France, Britain would be abandoned.

So Churchill reluctantly agreed to the login plan.

But Roosevelt and Stalin were not willing to give up...

"I want to know who will command this battle?" Stalin asked.

"This question has not been finalized yet!" Roosevelt replied.

"We should decide!" Stalin said: "Because this is a major battle, we need a unified command. If a person is not responsible for both the preparation and the execution of the battle, then the battle will only delay or fail indefinitely!"

"I agree!" Roosevelt nodded.

Churchill was stunned by the sound of hearing the words. Stalin and Roosevelt were obviously singing and forcing him to hand over the command.

"What do you think? Prime Minister Churchill?" Stalin asked.

Seeing that Churchill did not answer, Stalin continued: "I don't want to have a say in choosing who to command. I just hope you tell me who is commanding so that I can rest assured! Otherwise, our meeting will be meaningless, isn't it?"

"I think..." Churchill replied: "It is inappropriate to make a decision here..."

"I don't think there is anything wrong with it!" said Roosevelt. "Because only in this way can the plan be launched as soon as possible!"

Churchill had already started sweating on his head.

Can he not agree?

Especially at this time, not long ago, he strongly opposed landing from northern France. He had the nerve to say that this battle was still commanded by Britain? Even if he said it with shamelessness, would Stalin and Roosevelt question it? They were just afraid they were ready to attack.
Chapter completed!