Nice work, Chairboy.
If I can add my contribution, Italy would not unite with 3rd Reich empire, the relation between the 2 dictators were good and on parity.
I'll see it more like this:
"After the humiliating defeat of the paper made Italian Army in Greece and North Afrika, and the saving help of Hitler's armies, Mussolini finally decided to get rid of the industrial families and the corrupted HQ, nationalized the military industries, and revised the chain of command putting capable people in the right place, building a credible army for his colonial dream.
The geman divisions reentered in Germany's area of interest, and the newly founded Italian Army restarted the conquer of Afrika, taking advantage of the non existant others colonial powers.
After 50 years of colonial wars, in wich local rebels were secretely armed and trained by the Canadians, the Mediterranean was entirely in Italians hands, like a great part of central Afrika.
In South Afrika, A puppet state of South Afrika, under the control of Canada, mantained a fierce resistence and the availability of the resources of the southern tip of the continent by the Canadian Superpower."
