Morning Knp.
The Italians had no inclination to fight the British and even less the Americans, when they joined the war.
There was also a massive class divide between Officers and the enlisted man. This made morale very low and did not help create a fighting force. Italians were happy to be left alone.
The Italian army was also a foot one. Hardly any units were motorised and that would prove a problem in the vast expanses of desert and the seesaw nature of the campaign.
The British were lucky when they attacked in Dec of 1940 as they had only had limited objectives. The advance was so uncontested, that they kept going until they had Benghazi and Tobruk.
Being Italian, I love to laugh at my WW2 army’s dismal performances and unwillingness to throw their lives away for someone else’s glory.
When the Italians switched sides, however, things got very bloody as civil war broke out amongst the Fascists and Communists. Many Italians proved they were not afraid of dying once they had a real cause and future in which they believed.
My dad’s dad was in Africa, Russia and later ran and hid from the Fascists in Tuscany.
GB Tech Research Question
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I gained Jet Fighters w/ GB India money. Does that apply to GB as a whole? (GB Europe & Pacific)
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The only things that the UK economies do separately are collect and spend IPCs. This means that the Purchase & Repair Units, Mobilize New Units, and Collect Income phases of the United Kingdom turn are conducted separately for each economy, but all other phases of the turn are conducted together in the same manner as any other power, with no regard to map boundaries. As a result, research and development may be paid for by either economy, and any resulting developments accrue to the power as a whole.
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However, ANZAC, even though technically a part of the UK Commonwealth, has to do their own research for techs, right?
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Yes. ANZAC is a separate power, and powers cannot share techs.
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Kirieghund, why can’t nations share tech? Almost all the nations in the game shared either techs or more advanced weapon types with their allies.
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What he said.
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Well not give away, but a mechanism to share such as rolling for a targeted tech a nation has for 5 instead of 6. I know its not a real war but it seems silly that ANZAC can’t share with UK, Italy with Germany, and USA with UK or ANZAC. I don’t think it would be that big of an advantage, just a way for more minor powers to share with their bigger allies.
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…… I don’t think it would be that big of an advantage, just a way for more minor powers to share with their bigger allies.
Um…yes it would. That would be a HUGE advantage. :-o I think you’re over-thinking it.
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