"Malta 1940" Topic
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| VCarter | 22 May 2012 5:34 a.m. PST |
Found this over on the Strategy page: "Early in 1940, shortly before Italy entered World War II, Air Marshal Italo Balbo proposed opening hostilities with a surprise invasion of Malta by the San Marco naval infantry regiment and airborne troops, followed by the 47th "Bari" Infantry Division, and covered by Italy's full naval and air forces; but Mussolini dismissed the plan as impractical."
Any one know what Allied forces would be present? |
Sundance  | 22 May 2012 6:05 a.m. PST |
Not sure what Allied forces were there, but the plan was resurrected only to be dropped again after the disaster at Crete. |
 Jeff Ewing | 22 May 2012 8:14 a.m. PST |
A whopping one brigade of infantry, which would eventually become the 231st IB: 1st Royal Hampshires, 1st Dorsets, 2nd Devons. Also King's Own Malta Regiment, a Territorial battalion. |
| Cornelius | 22 May 2012 9:21 a.m. PST |
And a big naval dockyard with ratings who could have been armed and used in a conflict. |
| Oddball | 22 May 2012 1:37 p.m. PST |
One of Il Duce's biggest mistakes was not taking Malta early. It sounds like an very interesting scenario. |
| NOLA Chris | 22 May 2012 2:44 p.m. PST |
very interesting "What If"…! would the Italians have been better than they were against the French?
and what would the Royal Navy have had to oppose the invasion? Chris |
| Frederick | 22 May 2012 5:44 p.m. PST |
At the start of the war? They might have had a fighting chance of getting their troops ashore- which would have made for a very interesting battle |
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