Italy in T2K
According to GDW Italy left NATO in T2K, joined the Warsaw Pact and then went to war against NATO.
Going Home SB states that the Italian Folgore Mechanised Division is acting as anti-Soviet partisans in Austria, and that its commander had long opposed the socialist coalition which has ruled Italy in recent years, and has always despised the Warsaw Pact and regretted Italy's involvement with it.
Mediterranean Cruise SB states that after the US entered the war in 1996, Italy's government demanded that American troops return to their start lines, then withdrew from NATO when this was not forthcoming. Military bases in Italy were closed to the belligerents, but Italy tried to remain neutral in the greater conflict. In 1997 NATO aid to Turkey brought Italy into the war, in accordance to its treaty obligations (Warsaw Pact) on July 1st 1997.
So what happens if Italy also decides to nationalise stocks of US nuclear warheads in Italy?
That would be 112 USAF BGM-109G GLCM's, 200 USAF B61 nuclear bombs to be used by 50 Italian Air Force Tornado and F-104G/S fighter-bombers, 40 US Army W70 nuclear warheads for Italian Army Lance Missiles, 15 US Army W23 nuclear artillery shells for Italian Army 203mm howitzers, and 60 US Navy B57 nuclear depth charges for use by Italian Navy aircraft.
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