How did the allies leverage their geographical position after the axis powers surrendered to them in tunisia

After the Allied Powers manages to take control of Tunisia in May 1943, they used this country as a staging point for their campaigns in the Mediterranean. This included the invasion of Sicily in July of that same year. The attack was motivated by the recent fall of the Fascist Regime of Benito Mussolini, who was an ally of the Nazi Regime.

tea which is where the whole thing about dumping it in the ocean came from