Thread: Turkey joins the Axis in 1940 After France Falls
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Old March 9th, 2008, 10:25 PM
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Default Re: Turkey joins the Axis in 1940 After France Falls
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Originally Posted by MontE View Post
Try to see it from the perspective of 1940 BEFORE the invasion of the USSR. Turkey could have joined to settle scores and take care of REGIONAL operations not knowing that they might be dragged into the future storm on the Ost front?
Perhaps...

The only thing in this scenerio which I can not imagine, is what incentive Turkey would have in joining the Axis?

Surely if you are not ready for war, revenge cant be your only reason for joining, or can it?
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