Hmmm... Hungary has Transylavania as Romainia was in CP.ITTL and OTL is the Soviet Union having all of Finland..... I think....
Turkey lost its war of Independence.
Italy has Zara and few Dalmatian Islands.
Hmmm... Hungary has Transylavania as Romainia was in CP.ITTL and OTL is the Soviet Union having all of Finland..... I think....
Less a lack of cold bloodedness than an excess of hot bloodednessInteresting take on Mussolini. A good reminder, it's easy to mistakenly think that being a polymath automatically will make you good at politics. But given he was a fascist dictator, was insufficient cold-bloodedness really a major fault of the Moose?
Wait wait you're saying the original reason you invented competent!Mussolini was not to force any change in Europe, but to force a specific course of action in the Pacific war? You magnificent bastard you, how much trouble did it cause when gluing the pacific war TL with the European war TL while making this? Anyways, given that British naval presence was relatively limited in the early stages of the Pacific war OTL I struggle to think of a way reducing their presence further would make room for the USN to faceplant that hard. Best guess is that Britain leaves the east indies out to dry, and America devotes its full energy to trying to prop them up- with catastrophic results for their navy.
That pretty much garantees an Axis-alligned Turkey when Greece is eventually defeated.Hmmm... Hungary has Transylavania as Romainia was in CP.
Turkey lost its war of Independence.
Italy has Zara and few Dalmatian Islands.
If that happens Russia might go all in and try to finally take the straits unless the allies offer a even better prize or occupy it first.That pretty much garantees an Axis-alligned Turkey when Greece is eventually defeated.
My bad I did forget about that WW1 detail and about Turkey being divided 'e la' Sevres 3:Hmmm... Hungary has Transylavania as Romainia was in CP.
Turkey lost its war of Independence.
Italy has Zara and few Dalmatian Islands.
Of lost monkeys and broken vehicles by @Lascaris is about to be at that exact crossroads once WW2 is ended (or maybe not, the timeline is ongoing).If that happens Russia might go all in and try to finally take the straits unless the allies offer a even better prize or occupy it first.
Brainwave I don’t think anyone’s done a timeline wherein one side of the Dardanelles is under Soviet Control and the other under Western Control. An aquatic wall so to speak?
Well it significantly changes the defensive picture for the USSR considering it won't need to deploy as many forces to counter Finnish forces opposite of its own in the north.On the topic of Finland, is there many uses for it by the USSR for the up and coming war? I mean besides it's zinc, nickel mines, giving more a buffer for Leningrad and some more industrial equipment.
It can provide potentially useful air bases and does have plentiful amount of fish, which given by the sound of there will be little land lease the USSR needs every scrap of food it can get it's hands on to feed it's people.
Problem is Sevres was enforced so the remnant Turkey remains disarmed, and it's a failed state with much of the countryside controlled by fundamentalist militias. While it may jump in to get Smyrna as Greece falls, it otherwise is totally incapable of being a military asset to the Axis.That pretty much garantees an Axis-alligned Turkey when Greece is eventually defeated.
I imagine Hitler might appoint a generic strongman so they could have the resources and a springboard to the Caucasus. Also, controlling the straits might be useful for those pesky Eastern logistics.Problem is Sevres was enforced so the remnant Turkey remains disarmed, and it's a failed state with much of the countryside controlled by fundamentalist militias. While it may jump in to get Smyrna as Greece falls, it otherwise is totally incapable of being a military asset to the Axis.
Ooh yeah, good point on it given them free reign through the straits, especially if Britain does worse in the Mediterranean which gives italy and the U-boats more room to maneuver.I imagine Hitler might appoint a generic strongman so they could have the resources and a springboard to the Caucasus. Also, controlling the straits might be useful for those pesky Eastern logistics.
Ooh yeah, good point on it given them free reign through the straits, especially if Britain does worse in the Mediterranean which gives italy and the U-boats more room to maneuver.
Hitler still needs to conquer all of southeastern Europe to even attempt any kind of political influence in the rump Ottoman Sultanate or whatever its called (IIRC they did maintain the Osmani dynasty and the Caliph status.... right?)I imagine Hitler might appoint a generic strongman so they could have the resources and a springboard to the Caucasus. Also, controlling the straits might be useful for those pesky Eastern logistics.
ou do realize that you can put more than a single idea in a post, rather than three separate posts?Finally, because it’s a rainy day, here’s my sketch of the two sides at the height of the war:
Allies (Britain and its empire, USA, Free France, USSR as a cobelligerent, both Chinese factions, various minor powers like Mexico, Portugal, and maybe Switzerland)
Axis (Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, Vichy France, puppet regimes, Turkey, Hungary, maybe some nominal support from a South American nation)
Undecided (Sweden, Brazil, Romania, Chile, Argentina)
I think he got carried away.ou do realize that you can put more than a single idea in a post, rather than three separate posts?