Control the Mediterranean
by holding these military sites.
G I B R A L T A R
So long as Britain holds Gibraltar the Italian fleet
can never escape the Mediterranean.
P B Y C A T A L I N A
Constant patrols out of Gibraltar makes even
slipping the Strait underwater hazardous.
M A L T A
Malta-based RAF pilots strangled Rommel's Afrika Korps of supplies.
S U E Z C A N A L
Besides Gibraltar, Suez is the only way out of the Mediterranean.
Now the British have stoppers at both ends of the Sea.
T O B R U K
This critical North African port changed hands multiple times.
T A R A N T O
Prelude to Pearl Harbor.
The British catch the Italian fleet napping
and sink several warships.
S A R D I N I A
Most of Britain's commerce runs through the Mediterranean.
Italian pilots on Sardinia work overtime to cut it off.
S I C I L Y
Three Italian airbases make British passage past Sicily near impossible.
T R I P O L I
Without Tripoli North Africa is lost to Hitler and Mussolini.
T O R C H
American troops are green, half-trained and undisciplined.
They need somewhere to learn from their mistakes
without causing truly catastrophic consequences.
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