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Suppose that Mussolini has a stroke or is assassinated somewhere around 1939, before the Battle of France. Italo Balbo or someone else becomes duce, and commits to keeping Italy out of war, noticing the poor performance Italy had in WWI. What are the effects on a neutral Italy in WW2? Will the...

Allow me start off with stating that I am in no way a proponent or even an apologist for the man or his regime, I only wish to play ‘Devils Advocate’ here. But supposing that during the state visit in ‘37 to Germany Mussolini takes a personnel dislike to Hitler and his entourage and so in turn...