trajen777
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Though I can't find the quote, Winston Churchill is reported to have aid about Italy's entry into World War II "it's only fair. We had them the last time."
I think the greatest value of the Italians is allowing the AH the ability to not lose 400,000 troops and have the armies tied down on this front vs the eastern front. In addition the loss of French troops moved from the alps to the Marne might have lost Paris and at the least have won the race to the sea for the Germans (Germans would not have to redirect the 2 corps east and the French would not have the extra forces at the B of Marne).
The use of Italian forces vs Serbia and to hold less active front lines (AL, etc) or vs Russia would have helped (5 mm Italian soldiers). I prob would have uses 2 mm Italian soldiers and kept the other 3 mm for factories, farming, etc.
The CP fleet with the Italians would have cut the Med in half, and forced the French transfer of forces form Africa to be heavily defended at best and at worst a number of troop ships sunk. Their would have been no attack on Turkey by the British fleet.