For Whom The Panzer Rolls

Lusitania

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I am enjoying this timeline. Please keep posting.

I am wondering what Portugal will do if the fighting bogs down. On one hand, they may be pressured to join in the fighting. On the other hand, if they do,they will lose their overseas colonies. If the Allies seize their colonies, Portugal may not get them back after the war. I am sure that South Africa would be lobbying to have Angola and Mozambique fall under their control. Also I believe that there commercial ties between Brazil and Angola. They may want to help seize Angola and keep it for themselves.

Again I am just speculating and I am looking forward to see how this develops.
Salazar hated Nazi and personally disliked Hitler. He will endeavor to keep Portugal neutral. Portugal is not in any shape to be involved in any armed conflict.
 
Perhaps the Germans can gain support from the Basque and Catalonia’s by creating puppet regimes and break up Spain? Another Soviakia type situation May cost some Nationalits support but the Nationalist May be content with “ruling” a smaller Spain than none at all and get the Basques and Catalans to provide some manpower to police their nations
 
Perhaps the Germans can gain support from the Basque and Catalonia’s by creating puppet regimes and break up Spain? Another Soviakia type situation May cost some Nationalits support but the Nationalist May be content with “ruling” a smaller Spain than none at all and get the Basques and Catalans to provide some manpower to police their nations
The problem here is that the Republic is very much a Catalan supported concept. But independence is a very good idea. Why fight not to be independent.
 
I liked the last update with one exception. At this time in the war the Germans did concentrate forces and I think this operation would be in stead of the BoB, and be part of a greater Mediterranean strategy.
They wouldn’t lack air support
 
I liked the last update with one exception. At this time in the war the Germans did concentrate forces and I think this operation would be in stead of the BoB, and be part of a greater Mediterranean strategy.
They wouldn’t lack air support
I want to agree with you about the "air support" but Göring at this time had a lot of pull with Hitler and up to this point in time had done no wrong. Göring would've wanted the glory of winning the first pure air campaign (he did IOTL) and he might have been able to convince Hitler do invade Spain (in their view a weak nothing nation) and defeat the RAF at the same time. IMHO Hitler might have been arrogant enough to believe he could do both, at this time in the war he would've been suffering big time from what the Japanese call "Victory disease".
Just my two cents.
 
Liking the story, but a minor glitch - I don't think 6pdr's would be available. To quote from the Wiki 2-pdr page, "Although the Woolwich Arsenal had already designed a successor to the 2-pdr, the 6-pdr gun, it was decided in the face of a likely German invasion to re-equip the army with the 2-pdr, avoiding the period of adaptation to production, and also of re-training and acclimatization with the new weapon. This had the effect of delaying production of the 6 pdr until November 1941, and availability to frontline units to spring 1942".

Having said that, the 2-pdr was a perfectly respectable gun for it's time, and capable of taking on all the major German tanks of the period - Pz.Kpfw III, IV, 35t and 38t.
 
The problem here is that the Republic is very much a Catalan supported concept. But independence is a very good idea. Why fight not to be independent.
Not well versed in the Spanish civil war, but would assume the Catalans supported the republic for more autonomy and less direct control of the nationalists. Perhaps initial resistance to the Germans and then a shoulder shrug to make the best of it of their granted sovereignty and their own state free of the Spanish. The Nazis would eventually of course act like Nazi and nit perhaps their is a window to find enough support for a collaborationist regime in the short tremb
 
Not well versed in the Spanish civil war, but would assume the Catalans supported the republic for more autonomy and less direct control of the nationalists. Perhaps initial resistance to the Germans and then a shoulder shrug to make the best of it of their granted sovereignty and their own state free of the Spanish. The Nazis would eventually of course act like Nazi and nit perhaps their is a window to find enough support for a collaborationist regime in the short tremb

The Catalans were, IRL, incredibly leftist and the stomping grounds of the CNT-FAI, and staunchly anti fascist. If anything, Catalonia might be one of the largest provinces of rebellion and subversion in all of Iberia
 
I am wondering what troops can Britain send? I understand that they need their combat troops in Britain in case of an invasion. However some ground troops would be a boost in morale for the Spanish. I can see some logistic staff to coordinate the delivery of supplies. Also, I am sure the British Intelligence service would like to see how the Germans fight in the mountains and the cities.
 

Lusitania

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At this time all civilians and non essential citizens had been evacuated from Gibraltar as per iotl. Now British could get permission to establish Air Force bases in Spanish North Africa plus help Spanish Republic government remnants in the canaries.
 

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Perhaps the Germans can gain support from the Basque and Catalonia’s by creating puppet regimes and break up Spain? Another Soviakia type situation May cost some Nationalits support but the Nationalist May be content with “ruling” a smaller Spain than none at all and get the Basques and Catalans to provide some manpower to police their nations
Sorry but no. No offence but that has been discussed quite a lot with apologist of the Spanish regime that actually did collaborate with the Nazis enjoying making this claim. The PNV Had a clear and hard pro Allied stance. Apart from some members of the Nazi party who take some interest in the Basque culture in between their mad/racist theories there was never a chance of this (the Basque Nationalist collaborating with the Nazis) happening (the Basques who would, and there were some who certainly would, where actually doing it to the Franco Regime ..)
 
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