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Comis, if you had been managing things for Hitler the war would have turned out completely differently. BThe only question was would the USSR have held in place.
If they succeeded in capturing and holding the Suez, would the RN eventually isolate and starve them anyway?
It seems to me that the Germans were relying on the Italian Navy to provide security for the German supply lines. Even if the Germans focused heavily on North Africa instead of Barbarossa, did they have the Naval power to secure the supply lines?
If they succeeded in capturing and holding the Suez, would the RN eventually isolate and starve them anyway? Or would they just plunder local economies indefinitely and build ME-109 factories in Egypt?
Imagine the Tirpitz and Bismark stationed at Malta.