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  1. Neutral Fascist Italy in WWII = Neutral Yugoslavia/no invasion and partition of Yugoslavia?

    In timelines where Fascist Italy either joins the allies (The Footprint of Mussolini), or it remains neutral (La Transizione Imperfetta), Yugoslavia still gets invaded and partitioned by Italy, Hungary, and Bulgaria, however, would this actually occur should Italy wish to remain neutral...
  2. Hitler,Lenin,Trotsky,Stalin,Mussolini killed before WW1

    In 1913 Hitler,Trotsky and Stalin were in Vienna. They visited the same cafe. What if Lenin and Mussolini also went there while got blown up a revolutionary ? I guess the October revolution fails. So Russia remains in WW1 preventing the Spring Offensive. No CCP either. While communism remains a...
  3. Stresa front endures: The Appeassement of Italy, Austro-Czechoslovak relations and "Yugoslav Munich"?

    The first PoD for this scenario is the slight Tory victory in 1929 election which leads to the ouster of Macdonald of Labour leadership and his replacement by radical-pacifist left-winger George Lansbury ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lansbury ). In 1933-1934 Labour wins and he becomes...
  4. AHC: Mussolini conquers Bolivia

    With a POD in the march on Rome (1922) make sure that by the year 1970 Mussolini has completely and utterly conquered Bolivia and formally annexed it to the Italian Empire.
  5. WI Amnesty for Mussolini

    The reason there was no Nuremberg trial in Italy is the Togliatti amnesty,one did not want to start a lengthy trial in a country torn apart by war and in need of rebuilding.What would have happened if Mussolini had not been killed by partisans,had survived and the amnesty had applied to him as...
  6. No March on Rome -> no Primo de Rivera coup in Spain?

    According to Wikipedia, Primo de Rivera's coup was at least partly influenced by Mussolini's March on Rome. Supposing it's true, what effects could said event's nonoccurance have on Spain? Could this lead to the Abandonistas' triumph and the abandonment of the Rif's interior? What reactions...
  7. WI: Italo-Soviet Pact against Germany

    Italy and the USSR enjoyed relatively good relations in the interwar period and early stages of WW2, with Fascist Italy being the first country to formally recognize the Soviet government in addition the two countries enjoying strong economic relations and signing a pact of friendship in 1933...
  8. WI: The chinese grandson of Mussolini

    During his husband period as Italian consul in Shanghai Edda Mussolini, daughter of Benito Mussolini, have had an affair with the Chinese General and Warlord of Manchuria Zhang Xueliang. She ended up returning to Italy in 1935 with his husband and lived there until her death in 1995. What if she...
  9. Dan

    Spanish Civil War Question

    How much impact did the Nazi intervention in the Spanish civil war have on the war itself? The scenario is that Germany, for whatever reason has not fallen to extremism, no Nazism, no Communism. It has a very conservative government, and one that has decided not to intervene. Italy and the...
  10. Kingdom of Italy keeps Turin as its capital

    Between 1859 and 1861, the Kingdom of Sardinia embarked on a conquest of the Italian peninsula. While they were able to unify most of the peninsula and declare the Kingdom of Italy, they were initially unsuccessful in capturing the city of Rome, which was controlled by the Pope himself, with...
  11. British Biscuit

    WI: King of Libya becomes the Caliph?

    Established in the 19th century, the Senussi are/were a Sufi religious order which eventually formed the ruling dynasty in the Kingdom of Libya. In the first few decades of the 20th century, the order was governed by Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi: What if Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi accepts Atatürk's...
  12. Aloha

    What would Mussolini/Fascist Italy have thought of a Fascist Russia?

    Basically what the title says. This is speculation of course, but what would Mussolini most likely have thought of Fascist Russia, say if Fascist Russia didn't side with the Allies in a hypothetical World War 2? I'm mostly thinking of this being a scenario where Germany becomes communist or...
  13. AHC: Invert the reputations of Hitler and Mussolini

    In most of the Western world, the mainstream perception is that Hitler was history's greatest monster, while Mussolini was his bumbling sidekick. Your challenge is to have this be the other way around.
  14. Neutral or Allied Italy in WW2 and Effects

    With a POD any time after Mussolini coming to power, can Italy be made neutral or even allied in WW2? What effects would this have on postwar Italy?
  15. Can Ethiopia defeat Italy in 1935-37?

    Like it says on the tin. Can Ethiopia defeat Italy's second attempt to conquer it and get out of the war with its territory intact? What kind of POD would be needed for this, and how early would it have to be for there to be a major difference? Could Mussolini, from let's say 1930 onward...
  16. "Revolutionary" Fascism

    Would it be possible that, if history played out differently, that fascism was less "reactionary" and more "revolutionary"? OTL after Mussolini took power he drew close to catholic and conservative circles using them as a basis for the expansion of fascist power in society and religion. What...
  17. Piave92

    ATL - Free Italy - Italy sides with Wallies in WW2
    Threadmarks: 01 - Prelude & Context

    --- VIDEO SUMMARY --- After the declaration of “non-belligerence” in September 1939, Italy is facing more and more pressure to join the Germans in War. Wehrmacht successes are pushing more and more the fascist establishment in the arms of Hitler, with Mussolini meeting Hitler at Brenner Pass...
  18. Michel Van

    Mussolini died of old age, who is his successor ?

    I working on "Kaiserreich a TL" were you guest it Imperial Germany survive my focus now on Italy and Mussolini in TL He manage to get some of his goals of Neo Roman Empire in TL (part of south Turkey, Cyprus, Korsika (and other parts of France), Malta and has Spain as allies He crushed the...
  19. pls don't ban me

    Mussolini killed before WW2

    I think this thread ha been discussed already but i still need more info about it. So, In this POD Mussolini dies before Hitler Invades Poland( not sure, one of the murder attempts, or perhaps a stroke? he was 55/56 so it won't be strange). I'm sure that the best candidate to succeed him will be...
  20. Italy joins the allies in ww2

    What if britain and France never condoned the Italian invasion of Ethiopia wanting to keep Italy as an ally. This results in the stressa front never being dissolved resulting in italy joining the Allies and if Germany ever tried to anschluss Austria it would result in a war between germany and...
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