The Caudillo's Entry

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This is a work in progress. It is far from finished.

We all know Francoist Spain (the Spanish State under the rule of dictator Francisco Franco) barely didn't join the Axis Powers in the Second World War, despite assisting them regularly.

But what if they did? -

The Caudillo's Entry describes a completely different World War II. Many aspects change across all theaters — and it all starts with Spain officially signing the Tripartite Pact and joining the Axis powers. In addition to bringing change, it also drags the war on for longer.

"Short" summary
("Short" is relative here)

World War 2 starts the same as normal. Germany and Slovakia invade Poland on 1 September, kicking off the war; the USSR follows suit on 17 September. The Phoney War commences, in which the French — just as in OTL — don't take Germany seriously and launch a weak, minimalist offensive into the Saarland that accomplishes nothing. Chamberlain is ousted after the German invasion of Denmark and Norway, and shortly after Germany swoops through the Low Countries.

And this is where history changes for the first time. France finally takes Germany more seriously. They started more offensives in Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium, but the Germans repel them. The Germans still invade France relatively succesfully, but their advance is slower. By 19 June, the day on which Franco relays his request of joining the Axis to Hitler (Both here and in the OTL), the Germans are in Paris, but the French government has relocated south. After negotiations between Franco and Hitler, Spain agrees to join the war.

Earlier on 10 June, the Italians had invaded France through the Alps and they are still advancing. Finally, on 27 June, Spain invades France through the Pyrenees. In the end, the triple invasion succeeded in forcing France to surrender, its government in exile. Italy takes Corsica and annexes what now corresponds to Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and most of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes as a region called "Alpi Occidentali" (As planned in the OTL). Monaco is also included within Italian territory as an autonomous city. Spain annexes Occitanie and most of Nouvelle-Aquitaine up until where Occitanie ends. It also takes Andorra, which Spain had invaded earlier.

Main differences

 * Spain joins the Axis Powers.
 * Even in our history while maintaining "neutrality", Spain made it clear to Germany they wanted to invade and annex Portugal. In this scenario, Spain will carry out an invasion of Portugal as would've realistically happened. Hence, Portugal joins the Allies.
 * In a shocking revelation, Switzerland joins the Allies — the eventually cancelled, joint invasion and partition of Switzerland by Germany and Italy in OTL WW2 is actually carried out in this scenario, forcing the Swiss to align themselves and give up their neutrality.
 * Sweden is also invaded and occupied.
 * Vichy France is never established. Instead, France is partitioned between Germany, Italy and Spain.

Detailed history
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