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YES YES YES!!! :happy:

Anyone who's ever played as Italy knows Brits in southern Egypt/Sudan means an endless war, so you better destroy their divisions on the Mediterranean's shores
 
Chapter XVIII: The Desert Campaign

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When the glorious Italian army crossed the Suez canal, the "British" army had to retreat into Alexandria.
Duce then gave the order to capture the Egyptian-Sudanese border, and trap the allies into North Africa.

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General Pariani's troops achieved total encirclement of the allied forces in North Africa in sixth of August.
Over one million Commonwealth troops were now trapped between the Italo-Bulgarian forces.


One Month Later


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Italo-Bulgarian forces have relentlessly driven the allies into destruction, it will not be long before our enemies fall.
And Africa will be free from the British Imperialism, and they will get much nicer and altogether better Italian Imperialism.

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On the 23rd of September the Allies fight their last battle in North Africa
Remains of their army are trapped in the town of Bardia, fighting for their lives, many non-British soldiers surrender eagerly because the allies no longer have food or, more importantly, water.

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Australian soldiers in Bardia, the artillery fire from the Italian battleships caused many casualties amongst the Anzac troops, but very few of them surrendered.

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Finally all of Northern Africa was ours!
From Tunis to Tel Aviv all people are now under Italian protection!
But new challenges await us, for we must now liberate our colony in East Africa, and destroy the British presence in the continent.
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As a bonus: Events from other fronts.

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On the 27th of May, Germans capture Murmansk.
And on the same day the relations between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China broke completely, and war resumes between the two.
Greatest benefactor in this is of course the Japanese, who continue their conquest of China, in the name of their puppet goverment in Nanjing.

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Following the establishment of Italian puppet states in the Middle-East, the Germans decided to give nominal independence to Iraq, in order to stop protest's.

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The Allies have convinced many American nations to join their war effort, Mexico declared war on Germany and Italy on third of July.

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Germans "liberated" Finland from the Soviets, some Russian and Finnish anti-nazi forces remain in the country, but the Germans are steadily pushing them towards the Karelian isthmus, and Leningrad, which still stands.

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The Americans decided to celebrate Fourth of July by getting their soldiers killed in a desperate attempt to liberate France.
German forces were quick to seize the landing beaches, and by the end of July all American forces surrendered to the victorious Germans.
 
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Any updates yet?
 
Any updates yet?
Yeah, possibly tomorrow or day after, I'm slowly bringing this AAR to an worthy end.
I will do few more chapters.
 
Africa looks so pretty in that Italian green
 
Chapter XIX: Heia Safari!

"Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Italian Expeditionary Force!
You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of the loving Italian people everywhere march with you.
You will bring about the destruction of the Allied war machine, the elimination of British tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Africa, and security for ourselves in our own world.
Your task will be an easy one. Your enemy is not very well trained, he is rather ill-equipped and he will most likely surrender very quickly.
The Italian Armed Forces have inflicted upon the Commonwealth great defeats, in open battle, man-to-man.
Our naval offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the high seas and their capacity to wage war on the ground.
Our Home Fronts have given us an overwhelming superiority in weapons and munitions of war, and placed at our disposal great reserves of trained fighting men. The tide has turned!
Italians are marching together to Victory!
I have full confidence in your courage and devotion to duty and skill in battle.
We will accept nothing less than full Victory! Good luck! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.
Long live Fascism! Long live Italy! "

-Benito Mussolini
December 5th, 1943


Operation Nepheris
Italian Invasion of Southern Africa

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After many months of preparations, the Italian offensive began, overall command was in the hands of Field Marshal Guglielmo Nasi.
Il Duce broadcasted his speech from Cairo, where he and other leading fascists are following the Italian progress.

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... The British resistance was futile, we killed or imprisoned over one million of their soldiers during the battles in North Africa.

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Only few days after the operation began we were able to bring Abyssinia once again under our loving hands. There was much rejoicing.

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Pathetic remains of the Royal Navy tried to cover the Allied troopships as they attempted to bring more troops into Africa.
Don't they know that this is our hour!
The age of Britain is over, the age of Italy has come!

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February 16th 1944, Soviet Union signs a peace treaty with the German Reich, following the fall of Leningrad, after a siege that lasted for three years, and killed quite a lot of people.
The treaty is humiliating, Soviets are forced to cede large areas to Germany and Japan.
(In the years that followed the Soviet Union descended into constant state of civil war.)

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We decided to restore the Italian East Africa. There was much rejoicing.

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Big winner was Ukraine, who was able to snatch a lot of territory from the Soviets.
These people have a lot in common with our Italian people, they share our distrust to the Germans, we could be good friends.

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Stability in the African front gives us time to clear the British from the Arabian peninsula, following our deal with the Saudi's, they declared war against the Allies. (see Chapter XVI)
 
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Are you going to annex Palestine after the war?

I'm sure the Duce will go give the Old City of Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and Nazareth to the Vatican just to score some political points with the Pope and the Catholic Church.
 
Are you going to annex Palestine after the war?

I'm sure the Duce will go give the Old City of Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and Nazareth to the Vatican just to score some political points with the Pope and the Catholic Church.

The Pope! How many divisions has he got? Maybe Duce takes over the St.Peters basilica and becomes the pope himself! Pope Benito I
 
Loved the speech at the beginning :D ! And please, make Mussolini Pope, that'd be the perfect end for the AAR.
 
If there was Pope Mussolini then the pope would have all the divisions :p
 
Sorry for the delay.

Chapter XX: A date which will NOT live in infamy

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D-day is upon us! Scramble all divisions! Call Erwin Rommel! Find Fegelein! This is it!

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Oh.....Nevermind.

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I don't even think that Hitler noticed that fragile attempt to breach fortress Europe.
As the German armies continue their push to east, the despair of the Allies will only increase.
British India surrenders during the first days of September.

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Italy defeats the "free" French, who are forced to surrender, again.
Il Duce congratulates all who took part in this campaign, but the war is not over yet.

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Africa is almost ours, it's unbelievable how only a year ago we were bleeding in North Africa under the seemingly unstoppable Allied onslaught.
Push towards South Africa begins, an offensive designed to end this war with one swift stroke.

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US marines attempt to reinforce their British allies in Africa, but they just doesn't seem to know how to perform invasions from the sea...
(US war against the Japanese isn't going much better.)

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Italian carrier fleet arrives from the Mediterranean to secure the West African coast, allowing us to perform our invasion of South Africa.

All is well, and the war is soon at an end. This is the promise of the Duce!

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Well, at least the landing lasted a month...

Forwards! Il Duce must bring the downtrodden peoples of Africa the wonders of Italian cooking! And oppression! Don't forget the oppression!
 
Forwards! Il Duce must bring the downtrodden peoples of Africa the wonders of Italian cooking! And oppression! Don't forget the oppression!
What you call oppression, i call colonial administration.

Keep calm and viva il duce ahahaha Posting this in Italy would be a crime! So happy Sweden is more open minded :)
I'm not sure that posting this would be illegal in Italy either...

I had a thought:
1. Mussolini is always right.
2. Pope is always right.
3. Therefore: Mussolini is Pope.
4. Nietzsche says: God is dead
5. Therefore: Mussolini is the new God.
;)

Papa-Duce shall rule the Holy Italian Empire! :p
And he shall rule with utter stability!

Ave Caesar Duce!
 
Chapter XXI: Grande Finale

November 1944, the brutal desert warfare of South and West Africa has brought the Italian offensive to a full halt.
Rapidly losing the support of the people, the Fascist government has no chance but to start peace proposals with the Allied Powers.
Britain initially refuses, but US convinces their allies that Germany and Japan are a far bigger threat, and all blood shed in Africa is pointless.


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Our losses were great, while the British became more determined to defend their sand.

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In November the Americans landed in Senegal, and began to advance unopposed.

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Duce ordered his forces to secure some British territories, and inflict as many casualties as they can, this should make the negotiations easier.

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Meanwhile Germany continued their conquest of Indochina, soon German and Japanese troops met in Vietnam.

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At the beginning of December we suffered a major defeat in Mozambik. Duce ordered the army to halt, and maintain their current positions.

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We continuously sink their transports, yet they land more divisions every month, this cannot continue, the Italian Army is exhausted.

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Situation in Africa, December 16th. The British finally agreed to negotiate for peace.
Claudillo Franco of Spain hosted the negotiations at Seville. Duce met Churchill personally, atmosphere was tense.

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Finally after three days of negotiations, weapons fell silent in Africa.
Peace began at 11am, both Italians and the Allies began to withdraw to the line marked by the Treaty of Seville.

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Africa after peace. Britain made humongous concessions to Italy, but Italy had to organize those concessions into independent states, well nominally independent at least.

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Western and Central African territories were organized into three states, Italian East Africa gained some territory, and the old Condominium of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan was revitalized as the "United Kingdom of Egypt and Sudan"

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Final borders of Africa in January 1945, the map remained virtually unchanged until the decolonisation in late fifties.

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Italy maintained control of the Suez canal and the Sinai peninsula, Sinai became part of Egypt in 1956, and Suez was returned in 1968.

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In Asia the combined power of the German and Japanese armies finally defeated the Chinese, leading to Japanese domination of China until the mid-eighties.

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Europe suffered under the Nazi dominion. But in 1989 the German people began series of protests that were later called the "Springtime of Europe". This brought the end to the Nazi Empire.

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By the time Italy broke off from the war, the main warring powers had already lost almost 55 million people.


So Italy survived the war barely victorious! Millions died horribly for nothing, but some sand in Africa All the sweat and blood was repaid and the Impero Italiano was truly born!
Italy owes a huge debt of gratitude for all her allies! Who did absolutely nothing in this war

Later Italian Fascism crumbled to nothing but an embarrassing memory in the minds of the Italian people endured forever. Because unlike the German and Japanese empire, the Italian Empire was a joke an empire not of land and gold but of the mind. Even today the Italian Empire remains a great stable power in Europe, especially after the brutal suppression of the Balkan rebellion.
And it is hated loved by all! Mussolini was always horribly wrong absolutely right!

Viva Italia!


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Man of the Year 1944

Fine

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So here finally ends this AAR, i thank you all! May the Father of Understanding guide us!
 
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