I have to admit, the #1 in this kind of research are the guys of tboverse, e.g. Jan (JN1); but if you could find it useful, I can give you a list of the most probable military & industrial targets in Italy. Let me know ;)
MR1, first of all, I want to thank you for a superb "sad but true" history of the Exchange.
I just would pinpoint that Italy should'nt be targeted just in the North but also in some strategic locations of the Central-South. To name a few, radar installations and NATO bases like Grosseto, San...
Good god, there's a whole darn continent of Axis nations + collaborationists and you pick to strike on a neutral? This is an excerpt from "How to force France in full Axis membership?" ;)
The only hope for the humanity was an absolutely ASB The Change event that occured just when the first bombs were about to detonate.
Unfortunately, in this TL there's no room for Emberverse :(
So, in event of nuclear confrontation, Lucerne could have been the safest location in Europe...:D
BTW, props to Macragge1 for his good work on this story :)
I'm curious to know how the UK will be oriented towards EU and military spendings in this TL and how this will affect WP attitude.
Anyway, an interesting idea for a TL :)