Let’s say...
1918: Italy discovers oil in Libya
1918-1940: With American help Italy begins process of setting up extraction
1932: Isolationist version of Roosevelt elected
1935: Italy stays out of Ethiopia
1937: Japan stays out of China.
1940: France falls, France doesn’t surrender, Italy stays neutral, Italy sells to both sides.
1941: Italy conquers Greece and Yugoslavia, Soviet Union invaded by Germany.
1942: Seeing defects in their military, serious modernization and budget increases come.
1941-1946: Bloody war of attrition ends and leaves Britain broke, Germany and the Soviet Union bled white. In 1946, Japan begins war with Soviet Union and Britain, breaking stalemate.
1947: Soviet Union internally implodes and cedes most of Europe to Germany, who are down to Hitler youth for parts of their military. Britain agree to peace.
1948: Japan continues war with Soviet Union and Britain, tying them down. Italy launches war on Germany. Hitler is almost completely ineffective due to health but incapable of being forced to step down.
In such a scenario, could Italy conceivably conquer Germany and Germany controlled Europe?
1918: Italy discovers oil in Libya
1918-1940: With American help Italy begins process of setting up extraction
1932: Isolationist version of Roosevelt elected
1935: Italy stays out of Ethiopia
1937: Japan stays out of China.
1940: France falls, France doesn’t surrender, Italy stays neutral, Italy sells to both sides.
1941: Italy conquers Greece and Yugoslavia, Soviet Union invaded by Germany.
1942: Seeing defects in their military, serious modernization and budget increases come.
1941-1946: Bloody war of attrition ends and leaves Britain broke, Germany and the Soviet Union bled white. In 1946, Japan begins war with Soviet Union and Britain, breaking stalemate.
1947: Soviet Union internally implodes and cedes most of Europe to Germany, who are down to Hitler youth for parts of their military. Britain agree to peace.
1948: Japan continues war with Soviet Union and Britain, tying them down. Italy launches war on Germany. Hitler is almost completely ineffective due to health but incapable of being forced to step down.
In such a scenario, could Italy conceivably conquer Germany and Germany controlled Europe?