Kingdom of Italy

The Royal Italian Tricolour

The Kingdom of Italy is a ★★★ power and a principal member of the Axis Powers.

The Kingdom of Italy is the predecessor of Italy.

## History

### **Scenario:**

The Kingdom of Italy is a playable nation during the Second World War: European Theatre (Axis) and is the one of the main enemies during Second World War: European Theatre (Allies)

The Regions and notable Cities of the Kingdom of Italy are:

* Ethiopia (Addis Ababa)
* Central Italy (Rome)
* Northern Italy (Milan)
* Southern Italy (Naples)
* Libya (Tripoli)
* Sardinia and Sicily (Palermo).

**Strategy (1939):**

There are many different strategies you can use as Italy in 1939. You can blitz the Soviets, assault Africa, try and conquer Britain, or, I suppose, you could go to India from Somalia, although that seems slightly foolish at the start. All of these you'll have to do to win, but, I personally like the Africa strategy. It goes in a few parts:

Part 1: Brace for impact - The allied powers will instantly attack you in Africa. The British especially, as well as some French forces. Just hold out while under assault for 5 turns ish and you'll usually wipe out the attackers. I find some howitzers can make quick work of the allied forces. Make sure you also attack Yugoslavia, as it's free cities to grab and hopefully you can take them and not Romania or Germany. Finally, make sure to take the island city on Corsica that France owns. You can move ships to the Damascus or Jerusalem. Conquering Stalingrad will be useful also you can go to part of unnamed russia where are indians they will attack you but you need to spam infantries. Taking Greece will cause 50% winning.

Part 2: Counterattack - This is when you turn the tides and attack the allies. I like to start out from Libya and go for modern-day Algeria. You have sufficient forces without having to use generals to wipe the floor of French West Africa. At this point France will be invested all their money into fighting Germany, and you have around a ten turn window to destroy French West Africa before France starts investing in Africa. try and take the small desert holdings France owns, as each city you take is immensely valuable. Don't attack Egypt in this phase, because they will probably slaughter you unless you have good generals. During this phase, it is also a good idea to try and paratroop snipe or straight up attack southern France. They'll be weakened by a joint German-Spanish assault, and so if you can pick off Marseille especially, that's really good. If you're extra lucky, France will capture Barcelona, so you capture it back and win a free city there too.

Part 3: Blitz - This is the phase where you go all-out on Africa. Start up the front in the horn of Africa, and smash the allies, especially the British, between your fronts. Be careful though, Britain sometimes invests heavily against you, so watch out for the British counter-counterattack. Make sure India doesn't get any cities in Africa, because if they do, you're essentially screwed. Finally, Egypt is your last main rival. A decent general, I personally use Messe, can make quick work of Egypt. If you don't have good enough generals, then invest in a ton of howitzers, and blast Cairo to bits. Use your fleet to flatten Alexandria. The final part of this phase can involve Greece. Personally I think Greece isn't worth the trouble, but they're nice to take out. You also should eliminate Soviet presence in the Black Sea, to secure the Mediterranean.

Part 4: The Final Assault - This is the phase where you essentially end the game. Gather your forces in Africa and send them off into the Atlantic, escorted by many cruisers. Take the other forces you have in Egypt and East Africa and send them up the Arabian peninsula, and on to India. This is a two-front war, so I'll explain each of them seperately.

a. Middle East and India - Clean up British presence in modern-day Yemen and Oman, quickly capture the Indian port before they build a navy, and air raid Mumbai. Heavy Tanks are really helpful for this phase. Land in India, and once you capture 2-3 cities India gives up. You clean them up, and if China is still alive you help out Japan to finish the job. Split your forces again, one team heading south to Indonesia and Australia, another going up the middle of the Soviet Union. If you make it to that stage, then congrats! You've essentially won the game.

b. American Attack - This is trickier, especially when America probably took Spain and is knocking on your door. Just build Land Forts or Rocket Launchers along the Alps, and no one is getting into Italy Homeland. Anyway, the forces going up the Atlantic will be obliterated if you're not careful. DO NOT directly assault Miami, Houston, Washington DC, or any major city, as you'll be annihilated before you capture. What I like to do it sneak up to modern-day Dominican Republic and Haiti, take their port to build more boats, and land all your troops on Hispaniola and Cuba. Declare war on Cuba and capture their cities as quickly as possible because your Cuban forces are likely being attacked by America. If all goes well, you unlock Lvl 6 or 7 technologies around this point. Build missile silos in Cuba, and with the large amount of income and leftover production you should be accumulating by now, missile Miami and Houston into dust. Short range missiles will do the trick nicely. Paratroop in, and America will flounder around as you absolutely pound them into nothing. If your timing works out extra nicely, your troops that took Siberia can cross over to attack Alaska, causing more problems for America and Canada. From there, build heavy tanks, and cream America.

Part 5: Finish the Game - Unless you majorly screw up, you've already won if you make it this far. You probably have nuclear missiles, and feel free to nuke any last allied resistance left in the game. Again, annihilate with nukes and missiles, and paratroop in. You probably won't get the tri-phase bombs or antimatter bombs because you'll win before then, but if you haven't those will finish any last holdouts.

Congrats! You've won the 1939 Conquest as Italy!

### Generals:

#### Recruitable Generals:

* Badoglio
* Graziani
* Messe

#### Unrecruitable Generals:

* Balbo
* Campioni
* Cavallero
* Riccardi

#### 1939 Conquest:

* Badoglio
* Balbo
* Campioni
* Cavallero
* Graziani
* Riccardi
* Messe (Spawnable when Italy is not played)

#### 1943 Conquest:

* Campioni
* Cavallero
* Graziani
* Messe
* Riccardi
* Badoglio (Spawnable when Italy is not played)

### **The Kingdom of Italy throughout the Conquests:**

1943 Kingdom of Italy1939 Kingdom of Italy