First, obviously it has no immediate effect on the soon-to-be concluded World War II. But I'm curious what (however minor) effects there'd be if Mussolini did succeed in escaping to Switzerland instead of getting caught and killed?
Would the Allies not demand his extradition from Switzerland to stand trial at Nuremberg?
Any chance he'd be stopped from crossing if possible by the Swiss/immediately be handed back before the war formally ended?
More likely he would be tried in Italy, probably by the Italians under British and American supervision.Would the Allies not demand his extradition from Switzerland to stand trial at Nuremberg?
Would the Allies not demand his extradition from Switzerland to stand trial at Nuremberg?
First, obviously it has no immediate effect on the soon-to-be concluded World War II. But I'm curious what (however minor) effects there'd be if Mussolini did succeed in escaping to Switzerland instead of getting caught and killed?
Franco got away with protecting Leon Degrelle, so it depends on internal Swiss politics.
Mussolini's plan after arriving in Switzerland was to board a plane for Spain.
Leon Degrelle was just an SS-Standartenführer and didn't declare war on Britain or France, though. Franco's economy is dependant on the
US after WW2.
Franco maintained a policy of autarky until 1956.
Callouste Gulbenkian of course!So, who is Spain going to buy gasoline from, then?
So, who is Spain going to buy gasoline from, then?
I doubt the U.S. would go that far
Given the amount of Allied airspace Benny would have to fly through to get to Spain, I doubt he'd get that far, either.
A philantrophist through and through.Callouste Gulbenkian of course!
The least likely but most interesting would be if Franco protests too much and the Western Allies open a Spanish front, which completely changes Spanish history from '45 onwards