Does looking in depth for information of medium and small size influence and political power around

Hello, my question follows:

Although ww2 information at most time are interesting, does looking in depth for information of medium and small size influence and political power make sense ?

It makes sense because
1) If you live in or relate to a nation by working, relatives, interest, academics, in-depth information of such a nation help at least and more your understanding of it
2) The conditions of how a medium or small size power survive or not the ww2 experience gives anecdotes and more for how such a nation today can act. For example, do not cut away Sudeten Germans from Germany: the act could be a pretext for some parties of interest. There is a purpose of history.
3) The technicality of such a surviving power is reproducible. For example, some perspectives are going to encourage joining Romania, Moldova or more lands into one nation. During ww2, this objective was almost complete.

It does not make sense because
1) reversal: you do not relate at all to that nation, looking for in-depth is a waste of effort.
2) reversal: history is not repeating itself: there will not be another ww2. Some nations do not exist anymore: Soviet Union, Yugoslavia.
3) Morals of taking advantage of past technicality during ww2 is either or both unreasonable or unethical: why re-ignite interest in some perspectives while voices of them are minor in the real world, away from the media, such as books, websites, audios and videos.

 

Um, OK.

 

I may be mistaken here, but Knight has been looking hard for ways or data the could support a possible scenario where Italy would have been more a master of her own fate during the war. Our Rogues however have been quite diligent in shooting down various theories offered, be they oil in Libya, Finnish-Italian co-operation etc.

Unfortunately for Fascist Italy there were far too many holes to fill. Any improvement in one material area comes only at the expense of some other area. A general improvement in many areas allows only for a much smaller military, one that could be defensive only and would mandate a neutral stance. None of this addresses the crippling flaws in the government/industrial/military command structure.

As to the study of marginal players in great events I fall on the side that they have value. They may not be able to alter their fate, they do often have effects all out of proportion to their size upon other players. Taking Italy as an example, their neutrality in WWII would have profound effects on the Anglo-American strategy and deployments, which in turn would have equally profound effects on Germany as well.