“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” Sun Tzu The idea for the invasion of Sicily was born at the January 1943, Casablanca conference between President Franklin Roosevelt and English Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The overwhelming success of the North African Campaign allowed the Allies to consider pushing their plans forward to take the war onto the European continent. Therefore, the Allies commenced planning for an …showed first 75 words of 3090 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3090 total…is a valuable historical source because it displays the extensive planning that went into this operation. However, The Records of the Joint Chiefs of Staff leaves the researcher with many questions unanswered. This is because it does not describe the debates between the planners, the intelligence used, or the frame of mind of the people that were involved. Researching secondary sources on Operation Husky can discover the Records of the Joint Chiefs of Staff limitations.