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Italy Eyes Mare Nostrum Ambitions Across the Med
Italian forces mass near Fiume as Mussolini pursues Mare Nostrum. Allies monitor from the eastern Mediterranean as Rome seeks Suez and Djibouti control, greater Suez Directorate influence, and protection for Helian minorities. New demands include demilitarizing bases at Bizerta Corsica Malta and possibly Gibraltar and Cyprus, with Yugoslavia and Greece mobilizing in response.
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Rome
Mediterranean
Fiume
Italy
Suez
Gibraltar
Djibouti
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Tunis
Libya
Sicily
Bizerta
Corsica
Malta
Cyprus
Mussolini
Hitler
Gerald Eddy
Stalin
Dardanelles
Balkan
Albania