"ArtKramr" wrote in message
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What then? The war in central Europe (ETO) could have gotten our full
resouces, D Day would have been a year earlier and the war would have
been
over a lot sooner, German troops in No. Africa and the MTO would have
simply
been isolated and would died on the vine. Why not?

Because the Axis keeps a lot of natural resources available.
The Med becomes an axis lake with secure lines of communication
to Africa and greatly simplifying that beyond.
Heck, with out North African bases there's not even an attack
on Ploesti.