How would have had to happen for Italy in 1939/1940 to have sided with the allies instead of with Germany? What effect might this have had on the war?
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IIRC Britain and France kept offering Italy all sorts of concessions of colonial possessions such as Tunisia and Djibouti right up until Mussolini declared war. Perhaps if the Battle of France is a stalemate then Benny may decide to sit and wait until someone gained the upper hand.
Then again, the OTL Italian performance was so lamentable that you have to askif they would have been a burden on the Allies.Italian neutrality would probably have been best as it would have meant no Med/North Africa theatre freeing up thousands of troops, weapons and aircraft either for the Balkans or the Far East.
Here you go.Where is this timeline?
Also, it defintively depends on what events happen leading to...actually, come to think of it, anything that causes Italy to not be in Germany's sphere means that Italy retains its own, which also leads me to recognize that some things might not even happen (Didn't Italy after all, initially protest the idea of Anschulluss?)
Here you go.
That is exactly what happened. Italy, as stated in this thread already, was offered large tracts of land in Egypt, though I've never heard of the offering of Tunisia or Malta to Italy. If anyone had any sources on those, that'd be great to read over.
Like I said, they were offered land in Egypt (How much of it I'm unsure of, but not Suez at least), those other points though I've heard people claim, yet I've never heard of these offers myself besides that. With Hitler, Mussolini thought of expanding his own power-base from beyond what the Allies would give, creating a slew of Italian satellites in the Balkans. Post-1936 also involved a lot of stare downs between the Italians and the Allies, driving Mussolini further into Hitler's grasp.thanks
Wait, Italy was offered land in egypt, and the possibility of Malta, tunisa, or cyprus....and they still sided with Germany![]()
How would have had to happen for Italy in 1939/1940 to have sided with the allies instead of with Germany? What effect might this have had on the war?
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Wait, Italy was offered land in egypt, and the possibility of Malta, tunisa, or cyprus....and they still sided with Germany![]()