Italo-Turkish War

Italo-Turkish War
	Part of The Collaspe of the Triumvirate
	From top to bottom: Turkish Soldier deployed in Syria with his country's flag.
Abilities	Equipment, Manpower, Advisors
Date	Late 1962 to early 1963
Place	The Levant, Iraq, and Greece
Result	Italian Millitary forces in Rhodes are isolated
Belligerents
Italy Italian Levant ; Italian Aegean ; Greece Cyprus; Iraq Supported by: Iberian Union (Potenially) Argentina	Turkey Mosul and Kerkuk ; Syria Turkish Resistance Organisation Supported by: Iberian Union (Potenially)
Leaders
Galeazzo Ciano Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa Georgios Themelis Abd Al-Karim Qasim Florestano di Fausto Georgios Bakos	İsmet İnönü Zaid al-Hariri Adib al-Shishakli Sami al-Hinnawi Salah Jadid Sabiha Gökçen Abdul Kahar Muzakkar
Outcomes
The Syrian National State is turned from a Turkish puppet to an Italian puppet, the Syrian Arab Republic. ; Cyprus stays controlled by the Hellenic State.; Italy maintains control of Rhodes. ; Thrace is taken by Greece and East Thrace is mostly demilitarized except for Istanbul.; Mosul and Kerkuk are annexed by Iraq. Kurdistan participates in the Iraqi Civil War ; ;	Turkey annexes all of Lebanon Lebanese Civil War and independence ; ; The TMT takes all of Cyprus ; Rhodes is taken by Turkey.; Salamis is annexed by Turkey and the area around Athens is Demilitarized ; Turkey keeps control over Mosul and Kerkuk ;

This page contains unmarked spoilers!
Don't say we didn't warn you!

The Italo-Turkish War, more formally known as the Second Italo-Turkish War, is a conflict between Italy and Turkey in the immediate aftermath of the collapse of the Triumvirate.

Lead-Up[edit | edit source]

In the years leading up to 1962, the Turkish government had been demanding control of several Mediterranean islands with a significant Turkish population, and more territory in the Levant from the Italians. This issue was planned to be negotiated at the 1962 Malta Conference, but the bombing prevented any resolution from occurring.

Following the failure of the Conference, relations between Italy and Turkey reached a low point. The Triumvirate collapsed as both Turkey and the Iberian Union blamed the Italian government for the lack of security that led to the bombing. With no alliance binding them, the Turkish government decided that they would solve the border issue by force.

In-Game[edit | edit source]

The war is unique in TNO, as Italy doesn't actually declare war on Turkey. The war is simulated with Turkey fighting the Italian Levant, to which Italy sends volunteers. Meanwhile, combat on the other fronts is handled through the border war mechanic.

Potential Outcome[edit | edit source]

Unlike most conflicts in TNO, The Italo-Turkish War has a wide variety of possible outcomes depending on who prevails on which front.