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With the leaders of Hitler’s three armed forces all reluctant to attack Great Britain Hitler decides to assist his ally Mussolini in the South and knock Britain out of the war by other means.
Pressure will still be applied to Franco to enter the war and the invasion of the Soviet Union will still be in mind for 1941.
In July 1940 German and Italian forces seize Malta.
Meanwhile a build up of German aircraft and 4 Panzer divisions begins in Libya.
In late August Rommel invades Egypt.
His advance is rapid.
By September with further supplies and Axis air superiority his advance is unstoppable.
Any thoughts Mussolini had of invading Greece and Italy are now put aside as he sets his sights on building his East African Empire.
By December his forces have reached the Suez Canal.
At this point a mainly Italian force with some German units and German air support it to strike south along the Sudanese coast to link up with the Italian forces in East Africa while the main force is to invade Palestine.
January 1941 the invasion of Palestine and the Transjordan begin.
By March the area has been occupied in the Sudan Axis forces have linked up with Italian East Africa but their supplies coming under heavy air attack and they are struggling to hold the British back in Southern Abyssinia.
At this point with the lure of gaining Cyprus which has been largely stripped of all British military forces but is still in British the Greeks join the Axis.
With a rising against the British in Iraq led by Rashid Ali and the quick German intervention of Airpower and Paratroops not to mention Axis backed Greece with it's territorial claims on Istanbul the Turks enter the war on the Axis side.
Between March and May Turkish, Italian and German forces over run Iraq with only Kuwait still holding out.
The British also decide to occupy Persia which results in heavy fighting and the Persians joining the Axis.
Meanwhile German and Italian mountain troops, some armour and aircraft are dispatched to Eastern Turkey.
May 15th 1941 (or June 1st if the mud is still a problem) the Invasion of the USSR begins.
The invasion is split into 5 Army groups Far North, North, Centre, South and Anatolian.
Compared to our time line Army group South is assisted by the Greek armed forces and the troops that where used to occupy the Balkans in our time line.
The Italians send a slightly larger amount of troops and equipment to Army group south but the main Italian forces are to be used in the Middle East and Anatolia.
The Turkish armed forces are split between Rommel and army group Anatolia.
Could this now be enough to win the Axis powers the war in the East?
Pressure will still be applied to Franco to enter the war and the invasion of the Soviet Union will still be in mind for 1941.
In July 1940 German and Italian forces seize Malta.
Meanwhile a build up of German aircraft and 4 Panzer divisions begins in Libya.
In late August Rommel invades Egypt.
His advance is rapid.
By September with further supplies and Axis air superiority his advance is unstoppable.
Any thoughts Mussolini had of invading Greece and Italy are now put aside as he sets his sights on building his East African Empire.
By December his forces have reached the Suez Canal.
At this point a mainly Italian force with some German units and German air support it to strike south along the Sudanese coast to link up with the Italian forces in East Africa while the main force is to invade Palestine.
January 1941 the invasion of Palestine and the Transjordan begin.
By March the area has been occupied in the Sudan Axis forces have linked up with Italian East Africa but their supplies coming under heavy air attack and they are struggling to hold the British back in Southern Abyssinia.
At this point with the lure of gaining Cyprus which has been largely stripped of all British military forces but is still in British the Greeks join the Axis.
With a rising against the British in Iraq led by Rashid Ali and the quick German intervention of Airpower and Paratroops not to mention Axis backed Greece with it's territorial claims on Istanbul the Turks enter the war on the Axis side.
Between March and May Turkish, Italian and German forces over run Iraq with only Kuwait still holding out.
The British also decide to occupy Persia which results in heavy fighting and the Persians joining the Axis.
Meanwhile German and Italian mountain troops, some armour and aircraft are dispatched to Eastern Turkey.
May 15th 1941 (or June 1st if the mud is still a problem) the Invasion of the USSR begins.
The invasion is split into 5 Army groups Far North, North, Centre, South and Anatolian.
Compared to our time line Army group South is assisted by the Greek armed forces and the troops that where used to occupy the Balkans in our time line.
The Italians send a slightly larger amount of troops and equipment to Army group south but the main Italian forces are to be used in the Middle East and Anatolia.
The Turkish armed forces are split between Rommel and army group Anatolia.
Could this now be enough to win the Axis powers the war in the East?
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