Happened more than once in Italy,Iirc. Lots of second generation Italians knew where the family came from down to the street number.
I don't believe we've heard yet about the changing role of Italian forces on mainland Greece or in the Soviet Union - with the coup underway. I could imagine a deal of chaos between Italian and German forces(as we've seen so far elsewhere)
I was just watching the first few episodes of Band of Brothers last night! David Schwimmer is an awesome dickface on that show.
New equipment from the United States and Great Britain had been distributed throughout the summer.
I don't believe we've heard yet about the changing role of Italian forces on mainland Greece or in the Soviet Union - with the coup underway. I could imagine a deal of chaos between Italian and German forces(as we've seen so far elsewhere)
I wonder how much of the requested equipment the Allies provided during summer 1943. I doubt the Allies could reach the turkish quota even with the increased production in TTL. In TTL the Allies have to deal with a more powerful Free France that demands a share of the production (I think we have established that the French could potentially field around 13-15 divisions, especially after the liberation of Corsica) and also the Greek Army. As @Lascaris has mentioned before, Greeks have the manpower now for around 9 divisions.
Between February and December 1943 the Allies provided Turkey with 350 tanks, 48 SP guns, 300 AA guns, 300 field guns, 620 mortars, 500 anti-tank guns and 99,000 rifles and machine guns. I doubt much more could be spared with the aforementioned commitments. In Tehran, foreign minister Numan mentioned that the delivered material was 4% of what Turkey expected. He mentioned for example that he expected 300 lorries per month.
Source: https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=is4WAAAAYAAJ&hl=en&pg=GBS.PR11
The Turks are fairly confident that they can win or at least not lose long enough in a static war in European Thrace where the force density is high enough and the positions are interlocking enough that better German tactics and equipment won't matter too much, especially if the RAF and USAAC can intervene by Day 4. In this story, the Turks are more than happy to fort up and look mean to anyone and everyone involved.
In this story, the Turks are more than happy to fort up and look mean to anyone and everyone involved.
Considering the Italian bomber(transports?) in a previous post I think they might be better prepared and moving at least a number of them quickly out of Greece?That's an interesting question. In OTL the Germans disarmed and captured the Italian forces in Greece. I don't know what exactly became of the Italian army in the Soviet Union in OTL. I don't think the Italians will submit to surrendering to the Germans in Greece in TTL but what would happen in the S.U.? They're far from home and completely cut off from supplies by the Germans. How big is the Italian army in the Soviet Union in TTL? Would Stalin consider supplying them if the Italians agreed to fight there was back to Romania? Could they make it home that way? What other help to the Italian army could be provided?
Considering the Italian bomber(transports?) in a previous post I think they might be better prepared and moving at least a number of them quickly out of Greece?
The army in the SU is more likely hard core fascists that might keep fighting? Even if they are not is the most likley to be captured by Germans or surrender to Soviets and then be transported to Iran for GB to ship back to Italian front? (like OTL Polish forces)
TTL? There are 9 allied divisions in place. I'd like to see the Germans doing the trick of disarming a dozen Italian divisions while holding back the allies simultaneously.
The army in the SU is more likely hard core fascists that might keep fighting? Even if they are not is the most likley to be captured by Germans or surrender to Soviets and then be transported to Iran for GB to ship back to Italian front? (like OTL Polish forces)