 Complete the following phrase:  Pressed for military action by Russia, Britain and America opened a second front in November 1942. Not wanting this campaign to be repulsed as had happened in Norway 1940, Dunkirk 1940, and Greece 1941, the Allies adopted Winston Churchills proposal to approach Germany through Italy, described by him as the soft underbelly of the Axis. Accordingly, the invasion of Europe began with the invasion of western North Africa. Allied troops began amphibious landings there within a week of Britains decisive victory over German forces in eastern North Africa at 