Previous: Communists take control of Weimar (CYOAH) With little stopping them, the communist juggernaut of Eastern Europe next focuses on Italy, wracked by Civil War sparked by them years before. However, Mussolini has been able to undermine the communist groups and their popular support, and had time to prepare secret fortifications along the Northern half of the nation, with nearly impenetrable defenses along the Alpine border. Diplomatic efforts to England and France are no longer rejected outright as they had been when Poland, Hungary, Romania and the other Eastern and Central European nations were taken over and annexed by the Soviet Union, but little is done to present a strong front against the Communists.