Idea for Italy in Stresa: Historically the things that cracked the relationship were:
1) war of ethiopia. According to some versions, Mussolini asked for permission to go to war in Ethiopia and obtained it, but then France and the UK turned round and imposed sanctions. A version of this story and which they told Mussolini no, but in a very diplomatic and complex way that the translator perhaps translated not quite correctly and Mussolini interpreted it as a yes.
2) The French. Some French diplomats were strongly anti-Italian
3) The Anglo-German agreement on the Nazi naval rearmament. This was perhaps the tombstone.
All three occurred before 1936.
Maybe you could make a diplomatic tree for Italy to try to recreate it against Hitler (maybe after he reaches X Soldiers on the field and maybe you have X% of military intel) obviously you can ask for minor things (certainly accepted) like Djibouti and French Somalia (useless for UK and France but prestigious for Italy) and things that can be refused (referendum for the annexation of Corsica and Malta).
Of course, you can also be "bad" by following stresa.
1) you manage to hold the front and france collapses:
You can occupy Corsica, Nice and Savoy because "you don't recognize Vichy" (perhaps via border conflict or via focus or event) and if you manage (by decision) to get X compilance you get the core on those provinces. For Malta, since the British cannot make anti-Italian propaganda because you are their ally, you can push the Italian sentiment in Malta to get a core and then via "elections" a change of ownership (from English to Italian). France would have an event like "the Italians won't give us back our territories". and the British "the Italians increase their influence in Malta!"
2) Collapses: You can collapse in two ways.
a) You run away with Mussolini and the king in Libya.
b) Only let the king escape and Mussolini remains in Italy.
In case B you would have a bonus like "Death before surrender" from Spain. Where even if you fall the fascist partisans start doing a lot of damage to the Nazis and if you get freed, after the war you get the 19XX election event where you can choose whether to keep the king or have a fascist republic.
In any case, you will have a New NF like the free france to increase resistance in Italy, recruit troops in the colonies, buy weapons from allies etc.
By freeing Italy, if you want you can also do "the bad" as above by rubbing the territories of Vichy.
In the case of war Germany vs USSR, Italy should have a series of events in which it can accept "moderate Nazis" among its ranks (manpower and general deserters like Rommel) perhaps to stop the Soviets (by creating a wall of Italian territory in front of to the Soviets) and would give a bonus vs Germany for Italy. The more bad things go for Germany, the more frequently German officers will run away from the Italians (and with them soldiers) and Italy could also make a big voice in Nuremberg to defend those who helped it (if there is the event, I don't know) maybe putting them as a puppet in a fascist Germany under Italian control. I remember that Italian weapons were designed for a defensive war on the Alps (Yes, the CVs could pass through mountain passes, the PZIVs not! As well as everything else ... they were designed for a different type of war)
Perhaps in the event of a long war in the south, Germany could make the Unholy alliance with the USSR and therefore disgusted officers could pass with you because "better fascists than friends with communists"
1) war of ethiopia. According to some versions, Mussolini asked for permission to go to war in Ethiopia and obtained it, but then France and the UK turned round and imposed sanctions. A version of this story and which they told Mussolini no, but in a very diplomatic and complex way that the translator perhaps translated not quite correctly and Mussolini interpreted it as a yes.
2) The French. Some French diplomats were strongly anti-Italian
3) The Anglo-German agreement on the Nazi naval rearmament. This was perhaps the tombstone.
All three occurred before 1936.
Maybe you could make a diplomatic tree for Italy to try to recreate it against Hitler (maybe after he reaches X Soldiers on the field and maybe you have X% of military intel) obviously you can ask for minor things (certainly accepted) like Djibouti and French Somalia (useless for UK and France but prestigious for Italy) and things that can be refused (referendum for the annexation of Corsica and Malta).
Of course, you can also be "bad" by following stresa.
1) you manage to hold the front and france collapses:
You can occupy Corsica, Nice and Savoy because "you don't recognize Vichy" (perhaps via border conflict or via focus or event) and if you manage (by decision) to get X compilance you get the core on those provinces. For Malta, since the British cannot make anti-Italian propaganda because you are their ally, you can push the Italian sentiment in Malta to get a core and then via "elections" a change of ownership (from English to Italian). France would have an event like "the Italians won't give us back our territories". and the British "the Italians increase their influence in Malta!"
2) Collapses: You can collapse in two ways.
a) You run away with Mussolini and the king in Libya.
b) Only let the king escape and Mussolini remains in Italy.
In case B you would have a bonus like "Death before surrender" from Spain. Where even if you fall the fascist partisans start doing a lot of damage to the Nazis and if you get freed, after the war you get the 19XX election event where you can choose whether to keep the king or have a fascist republic.
In any case, you will have a New NF like the free france to increase resistance in Italy, recruit troops in the colonies, buy weapons from allies etc.
By freeing Italy, if you want you can also do "the bad" as above by rubbing the territories of Vichy.
In the case of war Germany vs USSR, Italy should have a series of events in which it can accept "moderate Nazis" among its ranks (manpower and general deserters like Rommel) perhaps to stop the Soviets (by creating a wall of Italian territory in front of to the Soviets) and would give a bonus vs Germany for Italy. The more bad things go for Germany, the more frequently German officers will run away from the Italians (and with them soldiers) and Italy could also make a big voice in Nuremberg to defend those who helped it (if there is the event, I don't know) maybe putting them as a puppet in a fascist Germany under Italian control. I remember that Italian weapons were designed for a defensive war on the Alps (Yes, the CVs could pass through mountain passes, the PZIVs not! As well as everything else ... they were designed for a different type of war)
Perhaps in the event of a long war in the south, Germany could make the Unholy alliance with the USSR and therefore disgusted officers could pass with you because "better fascists than friends with communists"
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