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Italian WW2 Turtledove thread

Haneastic
09-02-2006, 03:52
Population: 45,000,000
Army: 1,000,000- can raise more with draft
Armored Divisions: 7 (2 may have been destroyed in Africa
Mountain: 6
Celere (recon): 3
Infantry: 90
Coastal: 29 (these are 2nd class troops, understrength, ill-equipped)
Blackshirt: 4
Airborne: 2
Motorized: 2
Semi-Motorized: 6
German divisions: 5-15

Airforce: 500 prop driven planes

Navy: 4 battleships, 7 Heavy Cruisers, 17 Light Cruisers, 40 destroyers

Equipment: aircraft is the Me-109, prop driven and horrible against Race fighters. Tanks are Panzer III variant, when the germans make the Panzer IV then my factories will produce that, again a crappy make when put against the Race tanks.

Diplomacy: the Italians ask the Germans to send all aid possible in order to keep their southern flank well protected and offer the services of Italian scientists to help the germans in their technological breakthroughs.

Military Orders: the following cities are to be reinforced: Rome/Vatican, Venice, Milan, Turin, Trieste, Naples, Bolzano, Bologna, Genoa. Conscription orders were sent out to every able-bodied male to train for battle, and everyone not trainin was digging trenches or building fortifications. Several early defensive lines were begun:
From Genoa to Milan to Bolzano to Venice
From Salerno to Foggia
From Genoa to Bologna to Venice

The Italian navy was split into two parts. The 1st part consisted of Heavy Cruisers and Battleships, and were divided amongst Naples and Venice. 2nd part was of light cruisers and destroyers broken into 3 parts, 1 near Sardinia, 1 near Venica, 1 near Naples, these ships were available for evacuation