By early 1960s the power struggle between King Saud and Prince Faisal continued and when the King left for medical treatment abroad Prince Faisal formed a new Cabinet without the King's aprroval and virtually seized power in Saudi Arabia while on the same time he promised reforms.
When King...
Wouldnt that upset the balance of powers in Europe?
I mean when Charles II of Spain died childless 100 years ago Europe almost freaked out with the mere possibility that the French and Spanish Crowns could be united when Philip was elected as King of Spain.
If the Crown was offered to George...
Didnt the Allies launched "Operation Mincemeat" before their invasion of Sicily where they made Germans believe that the invasion was to be carried out in Greece instead of Italy?
Germans bought the story and Hitler even sent Rommel to Greece to organise the defence of Peloponese which...
I dont think that Hitler would risk having Allies use Crete as a base to launch air attacks in Romanian oil fields and disrupt the supply routes to his troops in Eastern front.
Pius XII allegedly had drafted an instrument of abdication which would be effective immediately the moment he was kidnapped.
So Germans capture the Pope and the Cardinals present in Rome at the time (i assume that overseas Cardinals wont be able to travel) will quickly elect a new Pope.
I think Bulgaria per se isnt a threat for the British. The Roupel fortresses line (Metaxas Line) was constructed for this exact reason. To stop an invasion from Bulgarian frontier.
As for the rest of the frontier in Albania Greeks were doing a good job pushing back the Italians and the Royal...
In 1940 Greece was attacked by Italy and following a struggle Greece managed to repel the Italian attack. However in April 1941 Greece was attacked by Germany too and following a hard resistance Greece was occupied by Germans completely in June 1941.
During the Greek-Italian war (and before as...