When looking at the map, why did it make sense geographically, for the Allied powers to invade North Africa, then Sicily?

i'm sorry if this doesn't help but i will tell you what i think the answer is

The battle for North Africa was a struggle for control of the Suez Canal and access to oil ... That move made Egypt very wary of Italy's imperialistic aspirations

Explanation:

john smith was the first englishman to sail around the world. francis bacon served as attorney general and lord chancellor of england. he took up aristotelian ideas, arguing for an empirical, inductive approach, known as the scientific method, which is the foundation of modern scientific inquiry.