@Onni_Manni: There are a few Swedish divisions in the Benelux region, but for some reason, there are much more fighting in Poland, Hungary, and outside of Austria.
@everyone: Since there are quite a lot of questions about post-syndicalist Europe, I will answer them in one post.
First, the US will allow Germany to not only retake Belgium, but also give Germany an occupation zone in France after the war is over. The Germans have fought against immense odds for about 4 years now, and deserve some part of France. However, the bulk of the country, about 80% of it, will be under US control.
Spain, Italy, and Portugal will be released as new democratic states, but America will call the shots. The pope for example, will absolutely NOT be given any political control in the new Italian republic that will be formed after the war. However, expect to see some interesting things, such as Franco being the leader of social democrat spain, since I am somewhat limited by the SPA minister files. I guess I could probably mod in a more suitable HoG though...
As for France, the areas under US control will be ceded to the exiles in Algiers, so they can form a brand new French Republic, with Petain as HoS. I will also give them the old tricolour flag, and change their map colour, as well as name.
Reinforcements arrive from the United States, to help accelerate US operations in Italy. These reinforcements include hundreds of tanks, which will be instrumental in the drive to Rome and Sicily.
Paris. The capital of the Commune of France and the beating heart of the international Syndicalist movement, is now in America's grasp. Defending the city is a powerful force of some of the French People's Army's best remaining combat units, heavily armed, and ordered to fight for every square inch of the massive city. US forces, undaunted by the challenge, attack. For about 2 days, fighting rages all throughout the city, with the French battling very hard for every street and building. However, weight of US firepower and numbers eventually succeeds in shattering the French defenders and forcing them out of the capital to the northeast. The US flag is soon raised high over the battered remains of the Eiffel Tower, as US infantry parade down the Champs-Élysées in victory.
As US soldiers clear out isolated pockets of resistance in Paris, a stunning discovery is made in the basement of a non-descript office building in the city. Found hiding among stacks of pamphlets and propaganda newspapers, as well as maps of the United States, is none other than public enemy number 1 himself, Jack Reed, former premier of the Combined Syndicates of America and wanted traitor. Reed is immediately arrested by US soldiers, and sent to Brest to await transit to the United States to finally face trial for high treason, among other charges.
As the battle raged on for Paris, US forces launch a massive armoured and mechanized offensive in Italy. Literally thousands of American tanks pound through Italian lines, forcing the Italian people's army to flee to the south.
On the main German-French frontline, the German army, backed up with thousands of Russian and other allied soldiers, plunges through French lines, liberating Cologne, Aachen, Luxembourg, and Antwerp, as well as pushing back into Elsass-Lothringen and southern Belgium.
US armored and mechanized infantry units continue the lightning advance into Italy, shattering Italian lines at Perugia and heading south to completely cut off large concentrations of Italian troops in Rome and Pescara.
Italian rearguard units at Anzio put up heavy resistance, knowing that the city is the main logistical line from Rome to the rest of Italy. Their courage is soon overwhelmed by American heavy tanks, with Anzio falling only a few days later.
Italian resistance is heavier in Foggia, due to the concentration of many coastal defense units that are now being sent to confront the American advance. Although outnumbered 2 to 1 by the Italian infantry, General DeWitt presses his tanks forward, rolling over Italian lines and sending thousands of their troops fleeing to the south, towards Taranto.
The encirclement is complete, with Rome cut off from the rest of southern Italy, as well as the Italian troops in Pescara. Desperate, the Italians launch a massive counteroffensive to retake Foggia, successfully forcing US troops and armor to head back north.
To prevent them from escaping, US forces launch a massive assault on the Italian forces in Pescara. After a short action, 70,000 Italian troops surrender.
Meanwhile, Hungary is liberated from Franco-Italian syndicalist troops, with the Hungarian government moving back into Budapest, as the combined weight of the Russian, Polish, Hungarian, and German armies begins to move into the Balkans. Also note that the Germans have liberated Vienna from the Austro-syndicalists.
