>>43755
>The British weren't going to invade the Balkans.
You can bet your ass they had plans even for that. And ofc they also used this possibility when they bartered with the Soviet, because the Soviet wanted control in the Balkans. And a successful Allied campaign in Italy could only be followed up either towards France, or the Balkans.
>Genoa
The Brits prepared to knock off Italy from the war, their diplomacy managed to soften them up so much, that for the first slap they flushed Mussolini down the toilet, and made an armistice with the Allies, and their units had to be disarmed by the Germans.
>Corsica and Sardinia
Let's say you are right.
>Having Taken Sardinia and then Corsca the Germans would have an idea where they were headed next
Just the opposite. That would have meant (assuming you are right in the previous point) the Allies could place units everywhere in Italy, so Germans would have to cover the whole shoreline. But without them the Germans could be sure it will come in the south. And there they stopped the Allied and forced them to crawl and bleed for every millimeter.
But the Allies would have managed without those islands. They could put units into French Africa far from everything, they could have reached the area of Genoa. Resistance also would have been minimal, since the Germans expected them in the South and grouped the bulk there.
The Allies could have occupy the islands en route to Genoa, I'm not sure about what kind of defenses the Axis had there, but I'd bet just some symbolic Italian garrisons. You can get info on this, if you want.
In fact the Allies could have camouflage an attempt at Genoa as an invasion of Sardinia and Corsica.

Also you still don't seem to really have a grasp on what I'm writing, do you.