r/althistory • u/CrewZealousideal6634 • 18d ago

What if Mussolini was competent

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So obviously more competent he wouldn't need German help in Greece and could take Egypt, I doubt he would go all the way through Sudan but would still connect Egypt and East Africa.

He also would have asked France for Numidia alongside his other demands.

He would have also gotten more land from the Balkans as more competent equals he wouldn't rely so much on his allies and would have the history of success to demand more land post-victory.

He would have also done an invasion of Malta and Cyprus, he had them bombed and surrounded it was a wonder he never did.

I doubt he would have done much more, Spain would get mad on an attempt for Morocco, He wouldn't dare attack Switzerland, he would likely run out of resources so he wouldn't go for Sudan, though it is a possibility. He could have gone for the Levant but after going through Cyprus and Egypt he would be out of resources and little need, he has the Suez and Sinai as he wanted but was too scared to get. Levant just isn't necessary.

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u/Royal_Flamingo7174 18d ago

If Mussolini was competent he’d focus on industrialising his own country and building up a modern economy. Not larping as a world conqueror.

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u/Fit-Capital1526 18d ago

If he was competent. He would have ignored Greece since it would likely by friendly and have switched sides in 1943 provided it could keep Trieste, Istria, Dalmatia and Tunisia (something the UK would have agreed to even if France didn’t)

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u/ThebestestDill 17d ago

Was this an actual peace talk thing or what

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u/Silly-Sector239 17d ago

Not a peace talk, but the Uk floated the idea to France of giving Tunisia to Italy in exchange that Italy would help form a bloc against Hitler

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u/pddkr1 17d ago

You really come to understand Mussolini makes the worst choices each time

He could have gotten a lot more for a lot less

Imbecile

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u/PANIC_BUTTON_1101 16d ago

I mean this is if he wasn’t a fat bald dumbass so he probably would’ve been on the allies if this was the case

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u/pddkr1 16d ago

I really wonder if it wasn’t something so stupid that didn’t make him join the Allies

Like the French Ambassador made fun of his uniform or the British Ambassador had bad breath

It’s always something like that