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Sud-Tyrol (alto adige) is a region in northern Italy mainly inhabited by ehnical germans which was annexed by italy after the Great war.
The matter was NOT done by plebiscite and a lot of people in the area felt more links with Austria-Germany than with Italy.
The rise a fascist regime in Italy worsened matters, since that regime was not able to deal with minorities with flexibility.

In OTL, Hitler never rose the question until '44, for three reasons:
1) alliance with italy (and with UK, but he never managed to forge one) was essential in his mind to "break the entente"
2) he felt obliged with Mussolini on the Austrian affaire
3) he was in the middle of a World War and it would not be wise to bicker with his main ally on the european theatre.

Now imagine something different.

Ciano does not become Foreign minister and the germany-italy pact is not signed. (Mussolini distrusted Hitler at first, since he felt being copied by him)
Anschluss is performed against Italy will (apart from bombastic speeches, Mussolini had little to prevent it).

Next target is not Sudetenland, but Tyrol (which, after all was, a part of austria before Versailles, and is mainly inhabitated by german-speaking people).

1) Are those POD enough?
2) what the consequances?
3) how you would plan a Tyrol campaign if you were in Runested's shoes?
4) what would you do if you were in Mussolini's boots?
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