Italy - HOI4 - Further Escalation

01 Feb 1940: Oops, I appear to be in their bad books....
Stalin is still busy in the Far East.
I shall now give France military access to Italian territory.
Translated the Allies have a very slight advantage.
New recruits are on their way.
We have plenty of equipment for the army.
I want to transfer MFs to aircraft production.
I have taken out 5 factories...
 ...and have added all 5 to Bf 109D production.
I import some more rubber, this time from British Malaya - I have enough convoys.
You are welcome, Édouard.
02 Feb 1940: Belgium and Holland are attacked by Germany.
Both join the Allies. Is their anyone you have forgotten, Adolf? World Tension now at 75%
06 Feb 1940: Not exactly what I would call a full invasion.
21 Feb 1940: There have been advances in the north of Romania. The two fronts are now linked so the Wehrmacht can now operate from Hungary.
21 February and I increase the number of Divisione Costieras to 8 per cycle but limit it to 6 cycles. 48 divisions should be enough.
The first 6 Coastal Divisions are fully trained so I'll assign them to a new army.
Army Italia is to garrison the Rome and Naples area only until more divisions become available.
01 Mar 1940: A breakthrough in the north?
Another new armoured division is placed in training.
A second airborne division is fully trained.
It is assigned to the Army Mobile and ordered to the Carpathians.
I have enough PPs to modify government.
I hire Luigi Einaudi, a captain of industry.
10 Mar 1940 and there are more advances in the north. Not exactly a breakout though.
More advances can be seen on 20 Mar 1940. Stalemate in west Romania.
The Romania campaign is nearing the end of its 8th month with no clear victory in sight yet. Ciao!

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