Most are unaware of Italy’s history as a pioneer in the development of nuclear weapons. The Kingdom of Italy led the world in nuclear research during the Fascist Era, producing the first patented nuclear reactor. The ‘Via Panisperna boys’ led by Enrico Fermi and …(cont)👉🏻

..including Edoardo Amaldi, Oscar D'Agostino, Ettore Majorana, Bruno Pontecorvo, Franco Rasetti & Emilio Segrè. They discovered slow neutrons & Fermi would become known as the architect of the nuclear age. However, Fermi was married to a Jew & left Italy in 1938 after the …👉🏻

..enactment of the race law, going to Americas where he worked on the Manhattan Project. In Italy, during WW2, Italian scientists were sent to work with the Germans on developing atomic weapons. Mussolini was the only non-German to witness the tests of these weapons. …👉🏻

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Sep 27, 2024

Heinrich Luitpold Himmler was one of the most prominent & powerful men in NS Germany. He was not initially very important but over time rose to become the leader of the SS, the police & all internal security forces. He was regarded as one of the two people AH trusted most. 👇🏻

Himmler grew up in a very conservative, Catholic family. Prince Heinrich of Bavaria was his godfather. In 1918 he joined the army but the war ended before he ever saw action. He studied agriculture at university & joined the right-wing Imperial War Flag Society. 👇🏻

The Bund Reichskriegsflagge was led by Ernst Röhm who had prompted Himmler to join. He became increasingly political as well as fascinated by German myths, folklore & medieval history. In 1923 he joined the NSDAP & Rohm's society was merged with the party. 👇🏻

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Jul 19, 2024

Argentina & Brazil have a long history of not getting along.
However, they have rarely actually gone to war with each other. But, it has happened & one such occasion was the Cisplatine War of the 1820's. It saw the two countries square off over where the border was between them.>

The area in question is known as Cisplatina, meaning the area of the River Plate or Rio de la Plata. Spain 🇪🇸 & Portugal 🇵🇹 had been rather unclear on where the border was between Brazil & Argentina but Portugal solved it by marching in & occupying the territory in 1811. 👉🏻

Brazil became independent & considered the region Brazilian but the local populace was divided. Many felt more akin to the
Argentines than Brazilians, others favored neither side. Argentina, though they denied it at first, naturally backed the separatists who wanted to join them.

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Jun 22, 2022

🇷🇺 Dmitry Lavrinenko, a son of the Kuban Cossacks, commanded a T-34/76 and is generally considered the most successful tank commander of the war on the Allied side with 52 confirmed kills. Some sources say he destroyed as many as 58 enemy tanks before being KIA in December 1941.

🇩🇪 Kurt Knispel is considered by most the top German tank commander or from any country with his astounding record of 168 kills with some believing his total could’ve been as high as 195. He drove a Königstiger and was most famous for destroying a T-34 at almost 2 miles away.

🇺🇸 Creighton Abrams is credited with being the best American tank commander of WWII. In his M4 Sherman he and his crew destroyed roughly 50 German tanks & armored vehicles. He later served in Korea & Vietnam. The XM1 main battle tank was named M1 Abrams in his honor.

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Jun 22, 2022

Favorite “what if”: the Duke of Aosta recognizes that AOI will inevitably fall, goes for broke and advances up the Sudanese coast with everything he’s got to invade Egypt from the south while Graziani invaded from the west. Brits could’ve been overwhelmed & forced out. 🤷🏻‍♂️🇮🇹

After that? How defensible was the Levant for the Allies? The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem 🇵🇸 was pro-Axis, French forces in Syria 🇫🇷 under General Henri Dentz were cooperating with Germany & Italy to back Iraq 🇮🇶 in the Anglo-Iraq War of May 1941. Seems like the Axis had a shot.

Depending on how that went, how long it took etc, what are the possibilities? Without Egypt, Cyprus would’ve been scarcely defensible (The Casa Savoia also had claims on Cyprus & Jerusalem); UK loses eastern Med. and perhaps Italians from the south meet von Kleist in Caucasus?

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