Which explains why freeing italy and north africa was part of the allied strategy for winning the war?

~ it would enable the allies to recruit local military forces.
~ it would stop north african forces from invading europe.
~ it would prevent soviet expansion in the west.
~ it would ultimately ensure victory over japanese forces.

The answer is:

~ It would ultimately ensure victory over Japanese forces.

One of the biggest allies of Germany was Italy, and defeating them ensured the ability to attack Germany from other fronts, by doing so, Japan would have less and less support from Germany and this will lead ultimately to its defeat.

the catholic church withhold people's access to the bible during the middle ages.

people could go to church and listen to the teachings, but it was absolutely forbidden to own and/or read the books of both the old and new testaments. it was also prohibited to translate the books (which where originally in biblical hebrew) to any other language.

this was done so the church could remain in control of what their teachings were and to enhance their importance and power, while also being able to judge people's actions through information that was unavailable for the general public.