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What About if the things have developed a bid different during the mid war Period. Greece was establishing the parameters that could developed her to a regional power. Before WW I Greece had ordered 3 battleships from France, a Batllecruiser form Germany and a few Cruisers and Destroyers from Germany and Britain, Those beside the Batllecruiser (which was offered to Greece to be completed post WWI, but the later refused) were scrapped during the WWI for the needs of the Allied states. However the whole History could be much different. Our alternative history began on 1913, were Greece accepts the offer of the USA to build the three new Dreadnoughts in the US shipyards for the exchange of 5 pre dreadnoughts. Then it move forward with the Prime Minister, entering Greece from the start in WWI, by ruling over the King and his wife, who was sister to the Kaiser. As such Greece enters in war with allies, receiving Cyprus from Britain and the Dodecanese from Italy. Quite possibly some exchanges are made in favor in Albania and in Southern Serbia in Favor of Greece. further with the Allied help, a 300.000+ (instead of the 250.000) modern army is developed to fight the Austrians Bulgarian and Germans in the Balkans. The Three Dreadnoughts from US shipyards are delivered as US did not came to war until later, as and the Cruisers and DDs from the British Shipyards. With the conclusion of WWI Greece has a strong Army of 300.000+ (Instead of teh 100.000) that helps her conquered the Turkish Capital Ankara and form Borders that reach French occupied Syria. Further it receives the German Build Battlecruiser, as and the Ottoman Fleet and perhaps some Fleet and army equipment from Austria as and the weaponry and defence factories of Ottoman empire. Greece also receives greater part of Bulgaria, as such became a larger nation of some 12.000.000 to 15.000.000 instead of the 7.000.000 before WWII. One more factor, was the reparations from the USA, for damages caused to Allied Greece (that never were claimed from Greece), delivered in money or equipment.

WII Onwards.

SO now, a Greater and more powerful Greek state exists before WW II, with the Major Greek economy of Western Turkey intact. The most possible scenario is that would join Germany, as it would have been the only state to offer something, while in constant conflict with USSR due to the Black Sea competition. That means the Fallowing.

1. The disastrous Battle of Crete for the German paratroopers, that caused Hitler never to use them again did not happened. As fallow, the Paras, were used certainly to conquered Malta, or even to a direct raid in Suez canal from Greek Cyprus in combination with the Greek and Italian Fleet.
2 A Greek and Italian Fleet would be much of a challenge for Britain in the Med, especially since the Greeks had Great Naval Tradition and Had won all battles against enemies from 1821 an onwards.
3. Middle East would be a a War theater. The Greek army would defiantly have ender Vichy Syria, while Invading scarily British Iraq and Palestine.
As conclusion Britain would have to fight two more fronts, one, Targeting Iraq, Kuwait Bahrain and Saudi Arabia with its rich oils, the other advancing towards Egypt from the East, placing the British forces there between them and the Italians from Libya.
Concerning Iraq and etc, at this level more people were pro Axis and they did revolt at the beginning of WWII in Favor of Axis. So Britain would have major problems while Axis forces would have found active support. Further, Great numbers of Greek minorities lived in those areas (in 1970s were 20% in Lebanon/Syria, 15% in Israel/Jordan, 10% in Egypt), that would enlarge the Greek army as and possible the equal high Orthodox Arabs under the jurisdiction of the Greek Church. Iran, also a pro Axis state that was invaded after Barbarossa by USSR and Britain, would also side with Axis, increasing further the oil for AXIS, as and brining Axis Forces close to India, Caucasus and Central Asia USSR.
4. The Italian Forces in Ethiopia and Somalia, fighting a successful war from 1940s to 1941, would have been able to reinforce originally through air and secondary through Sea. Further, If Italy and hand over Albania to Greece and Yugoslavia, two more allies would be there for AXIS while the Italian forces station in Albania, could have been better used in Abyssinia to advance to Egypt as such to unite with the Greek and Italian forces fighting there.

As such invasion of USSR would have developed complete different, as the AXIS Forces could invade directly to the Baku region were the USSR was producing 85% of its oil from Iran and Northern Turkey, increasing the oil resources of Axis that would include already the whole of the Gulf region more or less, as and depriving USSR only to the remaining 15% of Oil resources owned by her. Further A new front could have opened in Central Asia USSR directly from Iran, while the great roads from the Gulf to USSR that moved 5.million tones of supplies thousand of materials and oil to USSR during WWII never reached in reality by AXIS, would have been closed.

The Western Allies would have suffered a major hit by losing the oil recourses of the Gulf, despite that quite possible, USA's and Latin America's could covered the needs, while AXIS would not suffer from fuel sorties. Britain would also have to face three more fronts. An Advancing Italy in Africa and an Advancing Greece/Axis to India. At the same time, the AXIS fleet in Med, (perhaps Including the French Units), could enter the Indian Ocean, creating common space with Japan in 1942, closing supplies entering India, as and providing Japan with Radars, Sonar's and other material missing from the Japanese war machine.

Such an outcome, could also quite possibly drawn to the war, states as Spain and Portugal with exchange for extra colonies, Sweden perhaps with its factories as and perhaps and Switzerland, and perhaps Vichy France.


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