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THE FIRST ITALO-EGYPTIAN WAR
September 1941, Libya-Egypt border...
Italian forces have invaded Egypt and its battleships have bombed Egyptian coastal cities, including Palestine. The attack comes after the declaration of war. The Italian army has mobilised its reserves and are preparing to wage a full war on Egypt, to reclaim the lost empire. Italian tanks, infantry and cavalry penetrated Egyptian territory on the western front with 24 divisions and 3 army groups, a total of 350.000 soldiers.
Soon afterwards Italian battleships bombarded the cities. They have been making swift progress in penetrating Egypt defences which are heavily outnumbered in artillery, infantry and sea forces. The provinces of As Sollum, Sidi barrani, Bir Baylih, Bir Fuad, Siwad and Moghara have fallen under italian control after just 1 month of fighting. Reports say there have been many casualties in the provinces of Matruh, Fuqa and El Alamein.. where Egyptian land forces have engaged Italian divisions in a ferocious position war. There is heavy fighting reported along the whole of the Palestinian shore, from Haifa to Gaza.
(( Sorry for the short update but i've been caught by fever and i'm out of strenght!))
In the offensive of December 1941, Italian troops pushed into Egypt from west and east, in Palestine, with a third force making their way from west, toward Alexandria and Cairo. The voice of the radio host went on national frequencies to read a proclamation by the government promising that war in Egypt will be over before December 1942, and Italy will finally be able to sit around the table of the great empires of the world.
A correspondent with the Italian Army on the eastern front reported the Hashemite Armies opened fire immediately at the Italian advance, but Italian soldiers overran the first of the Egyptian-Hashemite positions and within a days minutes had captured the whole of Palestine. Italy is thought to have committed a massive force of more than 400.000 men, supported by thousands of tanks and tens of battleships. They are nonetheless vastly outnumbered by the Egyptian Army. Egyptian arms and ability, however, are considered vastly inferior to the Italian. The Egyptians appear to have been taken completely by surprise. Despite warnings from Northern Italy and secret intelligence reports that war was imminent as Italy was seeking to expand its border in Africa, Egypt however has refused to prepare for an invasion.. big mistake, because new fresh divisions have reached the frontlines to assist Italian troops fighting in the desert for months.
This new wave of fresh and well equipped troops have made it possible for the italians to push into Cairo and Alexandria, breaking the Egyptian army in 2 parts, and locking them up north-east of Giza. In Palestine, the Italian army suddenly moved west towards egypt to crush the enemy army in a circle, and block the rest of the enemy on the east side of the Suez Channel. In this way, cut from the rest of the army command, lacking reinforcements and supplies.. the egyptian army could do nothing but attempt a last resistance in the desert. But as egyptians were busy reorganizing themself behind the dunes of eastern Sahara, Italian cavalry divisions have marched south, to occupy key provinces in the area. After more one year of war, and thousands of dead on both sides, the Italian Empire entirely annexed Egypt on November 1st, 1942.
Hashemite Arabia did not follow Egypt's fate, however.. as they offered a white peace and a return to status-quo, hoping the Italian Regime had no interests in the Arabian Peninsula.. they were right, and when only one month late, on December 1st, Hashemite Arabians offered a white peace, the Italian Regime accepted. The First Italo-Egyptian war was over.
Now, the New Italian Empire spans from Italy to Palestine, and from Albania to Sudan.. a vast land, hard to control and to defend.. but the fate seems to be favouring the Italians, who are tenaciously expanding, year after year, their new roman empire... showing the world their true virtue and strenght.
A correspondent with the Italian Army on the eastern front reported the Hashemite Armies opened fire immediately at the Italian advance, but Italian soldiers overran the first of the Egyptian-Hashemite positions and within a days minutes had captured the whole of Palestine. Italy is thought to have committed a massive force of more than 400.000 men, supported by thousands of tanks and tens of battleships. They are nonetheless vastly outnumbered by the Egyptian Army. Egyptian arms and ability, however, are considered vastly inferior to the Italian. The Egyptians appear to have been taken completely by surprise. Despite warnings from Northern Italy and secret intelligence reports that war was imminent as Italy was seeking to expand its border in Africa, Egypt however has refused to prepare for an invasion.. big mistake, because new fresh divisions have reached the frontlines to assist Italian troops fighting in the desert for months.
This new wave of fresh and well equipped troops have made it possible for the italians to push into Cairo and Alexandria, breaking the Egyptian army in 2 parts, and locking them up north-east of Giza. In Palestine, the Italian army suddenly moved west towards egypt to crush the enemy army in a circle, and block the rest of the enemy on the east side of the Suez Channel. In this way, cut from the rest of the army command, lacking reinforcements and supplies.. the egyptian army could do nothing but attempt a last resistance in the desert. But as egyptians were busy reorganizing themself behind the dunes of eastern Sahara, Italian cavalry divisions have marched south, to occupy key provinces in the area. After more one year of war, and thousands of dead on both sides, the Italian Empire entirely annexed Egypt on November 1st, 1942.
Hashemite Arabia did not follow Egypt's fate, however.. as they offered a white peace and a return to status-quo, hoping the Italian Regime had no interests in the Arabian Peninsula.. they were right, and when only one month late, on December 1st, Hashemite Arabians offered a white peace, the Italian Regime accepted. The First Italo-Egyptian war was over.
Now, the New Italian Empire spans from Italy to Palestine, and from Albania to Sudan.. a vast land, hard to control and to defend.. but the fate seems to be favouring the Italians, who are tenaciously expanding, year after year, their new roman empire... showing the world their true virtue and strenght.
THE ITALIAN EMPIRE IN DECEMBER 1942
Nice update, just a small question, is all that yellow in the last picture Azerbaijan ? Because I really never seen them expanding.
They were at war with Persia, on the side with Delhi, but later Delhi annexed persia and made it a puppet state
Im Voting for a Puppetry of Sudan while it would be a wonderful edition to the Italian Empire it has been neither apart of the Italian empire in 1914 nor the Roman Empire long before it!