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Lots of questions at the end of this.

What if the Italians had more troops, planes and ships in East Africa when war was declared in June 1940?

I know the biggest problem the Italians had in East Africa was poor supply. I don't wish that away as that would make them pretty much win all of Africa, except South Africa.

With more troops though, they would conquer British Somaliland normally but lets say they have a few thousand more troops(maybe ten thousand) to advance into Kenya and Sudan. Take them away from places like Albania. Also, they would have more planes to keep air superiority and bomb enemy strongpoints and resources.

Also, as they would probably loose but only later, lets place 1 battleship(Andrea Doria) or 2(Giulio Cesare) and some more modern cruisers and destroyers into the Italian Red Sea Flottila, away from the Meds.

Would the commonwealth take away troops from Egypt to deal with the Italians in the South?

Would they take away ships from the Indian Ocean to secure the Red Sea?

Would they have to take away troops out of India or the Middle-East to help?

Can the Italians get further in Kenya like Nairobi perhaps? Would the British give up on Kenya then and have South Africa take control of it to defend their lands?

How much men would the Italians need to link with the North African Campaign from Sudan? How much do they eneed to reach South Africa?

Could the Italians threathen Congo?

Could/would they try an attack on Yemen or Mauritius?

Or, would the resulting lack of ships in the Meds and troops against Greece result in a much quicker defeat of Italia?

:D Wil be interesting in hearing any thoughts/frowns
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