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  1. The Day of the Lion: An Italian WW2 TL

    You can bet there will be those post-war who will argue that the USMC could have pulled it off if they'd been allowed into the ETO It sounds like he definitely would have been in the militias but you never know he may well have survived. Realistically the Communists are even more expendable...

  2. The Day of the Lion: An Italian WW2 TL
    Threadmarks: Corpses on Holiday

    Corpses on Holiday The Germans had captured some two thirds of the city after the first week however the toll it had taken was enough to give even Hitler pause. German casualties numbered in the thousands alongside dozens of panzers, these were unsustainable losses despite the...

  3. Culmination Point: No Halt Order at Dunkirk

    Culmination Point Excerpts from the Diary of Unteroffizier Wendell Lilienthal, Commander of the Panzer IV, Ausf. C. 131. “Otto Lott.” of the 1st Panzer Division during Fall Gelb, 1940 May 9 Confirmation at last! For days we have been busy with our preparations, wondering whether...

  4. The Day of the Lion: An Italian WW2 TL
    Threadmarks: “A noi comunisti spettera di salvarla!”

    “A noi comunisti spettera di salvarla!” With the Regio Esercito in Northern Italy reduced to a handful of pockets of resistance, the SS Panzer Corps moved towards the original aim of the German invasion; the destruction of the Communist uprising which had caused the collapse of...

  5. USSR Doesn't Drop Deep Battle.

    Yeah the massive expansion of the Red Army in such a short time was a much greater issue, a "mechanised" division which doesn't have any trucks is going to ineffective regardless of doctrine. You could probably pull off something akin to @Carl Schwamberger's with the PoD of the Soviets being...

  6. The Day of the Lion: An Italian WW2 TL

    Whether the equipment's new or old it comes down to shipping although with the Allies firmly cemented on the peninsula there will be support given to rebuilding the Italian army the shortages of food and what the Allies are willing to spare whilst preparing for Overlord will become a source for...

  7. The Day of the Lion: An Italian WW2 TL
    Threadmarks: Un popolo alla macchia

    Un popolo alla macchia Ambrosio was desperate to establish a direct link with the Allied commands but felt unable to leave Rome for direct talks. The reputation of the military regime had been badly damaged by the events of Mussolini’s death and its de facto leader did not want to leave...

  8. AHD: Georgian SSR secedes from the Soviet Union in the 1940s under Stalin

    The closest thing to such a movement in OTL would be the reaction to destalinisation by Georgian anti-revisionists and nationalists in 1956. As you say Stalin was a figure of national prestige and the sudden demonisation of him was taken by many to be slander and/or an insult to the Georgian...

  9. The Day of the Lion: An Italian WW2 TL

    Thanks! Was he in La Spezia or Milan at the time? Yeah there's not much they can do tactically, similar to the Allied excuse for not intervening more directly from the air whilst also building up the Foggia Complex. Equipping someone elses army is almost as difficult as sending your own...

  10. The Day of the Lion: An Italian WW2 TL
    Threadmarks: "King of Aspromonte"

    "King of Aspromonte" The Germans were being made to suffer in Southern Italy where General Paul Conrath’s remaining forces were overwhelmed in August by Allied forces approaching from north and south. For a few days in July the German armoured convoy had swept all before it and appeared...

  11. España No Ha Muerto: If Franco brought Spain into the Second World War

    This is a common misconception, although there certainly were incidents of infighting and wider political repression the Republicans didn't spend more time fighting each other than they did the nationalists (who had infighting of their own) and held together a very big tent more or less until...

  12. The Day of the Lion: An Italian WW2 TL
    Threadmarks: Gente dell'aria

    Gente dell'aria Fuhrer Military Headquarters was satisfied with the breakout of the SS Panzer Corps and the apparent destruction of what remained of the Italian army but now pondered their next steps. The Corps’ commander, General Paul Hausser was keen to ingratiate himself with Hitler...

  13. España No Ha Muerto: If Franco brought Spain into the Second World War

    Really enjoying this. Original, well written and clearly well researched. Spain fully joining the war on the Axis side is often discussed and occasionaly features but I can't think of there ever being a TL where it is the focus of the work. I would argue it's particularly important such a work...

  14. The Day of the Lion: An Italian WW2 TL

    I think it was still undergoing testing at this juncture and given the disruption to Italian industry I would say lend-lease is the safer bet. I can just about manage with genosse google translate so will definitely have a look for that thanks! I would say the direction the PCI has taken has...

  15. The Day of the Lion: An Italian WW2 TL
    Threadmarks: La città che sale

    La città che sale The reassurances which continued to emanate from Rome following the German crossing of the Piave increasingly began to ring hollow in the ears of many Italian people. Although the new government was considered to have a good degree of legitimacy the bulletins which...

  16. The Day of the Lion: An Italian WW2 TL

    Italy's position does begin to deteriorate earlier but also in a much shorter timeframe. Hence the Germans are seeing signs of Italian collapse shortly after the La Spezia mutiny but they only have days (or hours) to prepare rather than over a month. Every day's a school day! Would you...

  17. The Day of the Lion: An Italian WW2 TL
    Threadmarks: Picchiare Sodo

    Picchiare Sodo With the Balkans largely cleared of organised Italian resistance by the end of July and the SS Panzer Corps having arrived and been reinforced with new heavy tanks the German offensive against the Eastern Alpine Wall was ready to begin. On the 3rd of August heavy Luftwaffe...

  18. The Day of the Lion: An Italian WW2 TL

    Proposals and plans yes but little real preparation and no 45 days to do so with, as you say later, plenty of leaked information from the Italian side ITTL. Certainly there will be Italians who will side with the Germans in the Balkans and there is still chaos and confusion but the Italian...

  19. The Day of the Lion: An Italian WW2 TL

    Probably the most avoidable Allied defeat of the entire European war even in the chaos of the Italian collapse it had to have stung. Certainly a twist in the outcome for both sides but the plans aren't actually that different from IOTL. The WAllies were divided on whether to move north from...

  20. The Day of the Lion: An Italian WW2 TL
    Threadmarks: In una fede, in un valore, in un amore

    In una fede, in un valore, in un amore The news the Italians had been praying for arrived the following day. After lengthy discussions, disagreements and miscommunications between London, Tunis and Washington the Allies had agreed on an armistice which guaranteed the arrival of Allied...
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