Italians Invade Egypt

[Saxondog]

On this day September 13th a pivotal event happened that would change the direction of World War II, Bringing it into the first phase of a true World conflict. Mussolini in his dream of making the Mediterranean sea an Italian pond invades Egypt. His intension to push to the Suez canal and cut British supply lines from their Eastern Empire and force their evacuation of the port of Alexandria.

This was an ill conceived Military effort,that would eventually bring the African Continent into a main theater status and drain away two entire armies along with 500,000 troops,equipment,aircraft, and the goal on conquering the British empire in the Mediterranean.

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Mussolini would cause the very thing he secretly desired the fall of the German war effort in Africa and the eventual defeat of the Axis powers in this world conflict. Had his military actually defeated the British and pushed to Suez and controlled the canal British Eastern empire would be undefended and the Japanese may well of controlled the Indian ocean and the gulf of Arabia cutting off British oil supplies and standing the Empire troops in India at a critical point in the conflict.

Saxondog