We are just over a month out from Italy declaring war on the Central Powers. This could be a very interesting what-if.
1. Italy entering the war forced the AH Armies to fight a two front war which fatally weakened them against the Russians. A stronger AH might have beaten back the Russians and maintained enough political stability to survive the war, and relieve the need for the eventual German occupation of Russia to be solely German meaning more troops for the Western Front.
2. An allied fleet of 10 A-H/ Italian dreadnoughts would have outnumbered the French and may have forced the British to divert part of the Grand fleet.
3. Possible small alpine front with France would have diverted at least some French troops and that could have impacted operations on the Western Front.
4. 3 million Italian-American voices added to German-American and general isolationist voices might have been enough pressure to keep the US out of the war and this would have profound repercussions on global history.
5. British need to reduce Italian colonies would impact troop strength in either the Levant or Western Front or both.
1. Italy entering the war forced the AH Armies to fight a two front war which fatally weakened them against the Russians. A stronger AH might have beaten back the Russians and maintained enough political stability to survive the war, and relieve the need for the eventual German occupation of Russia to be solely German meaning more troops for the Western Front.
2. An allied fleet of 10 A-H/ Italian dreadnoughts would have outnumbered the French and may have forced the British to divert part of the Grand fleet.
3. Possible small alpine front with France would have diverted at least some French troops and that could have impacted operations on the Western Front.
4. 3 million Italian-American voices added to German-American and general isolationist voices might have been enough pressure to keep the US out of the war and this would have profound repercussions on global history.
5. British need to reduce Italian colonies would impact troop strength in either the Levant or Western Front or both.
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