Strategically , the loss Earnings_and_losses of Gustavus Adolphus meant Causation the French became Becoming the dominant power on the `` Protestant '' , or in their case , anti-Habsburg , side , eventually leading to Causation the founding Creating of the League of Heilbronn and the open Openness entry Process_start of France into the war Military_operation .

Strategically , `` Husky '' achieved Achieve the goals set out Military_operation for it by Allied planners ; the Allies drove Motion Axis air , land and naval forces Motion from the island and the Mediterranean sea lanes were opened Openness for Allied merchant ships for the first time since 1941 .