On March 1941, a confidential and secret plan is formed beteween the Third Reich and a branch of the Francoist Spanish army.
A spanish taskforce is sent with German planes to seize control over Porto Le Gratia.
The Spanish involment was kept secret to mantain their neutrality in the war.You may be wondering why Germany wanted the Spanish to destroy one of Medici's most important military ports.
Hitler had intel on some undiscovered material that could be really useful to win the war, Bavarium.
Germany was unable to reach Medici by themselves, that's why they used Spain as their base.
Now with a settlement in Insula Fonte, the German army was able to deploy a decent amount of units and sieze control over sorrounding villages.
LATE MARCH, 1941
Quickly the Medician army sent armed forces to repell the invasion.
The outdated Medician tanks were no match for the panzer divisions, but the skies told otherwise. The Hirundine Squadron fiercely repelled all attempts on the Luffwaffe to seize Baia (back then capital of Medici). They succsefully sunk 2 U-boot submarines and heavily damaging 2 Deutchland class crusie ships.
But despite all medician efforts Germany seizes full control over Insula Fonte.
GERMAN CRUSIER IN INSULA FONTE'S COAST. PHOTO TAKEN BY AN UNKNOWN SOLDIER WITH HIS PARTNER (LEFT), EARLY APRIL, 1941
OCCUPATION MID APRIL, 1941
With most of the Medician army fighting in the Insula Fonte's coast, the second phase of the Axis plan can begin.
3 Royal Italian Army divisions landed in the Northeast side of Medici, more specifically in Litore Toro. The plan was to bombard towns and villages across Insula Striate, to then occupy those settelments, dividing Medici in two,and leaveing the Medician army without most of it's supplies.
ITALIAN INCURSION, EARLY JUNE, 1941
The battle continued for weeks, Medician people contined to fight but their small army and population weren't capable of resisting an invasion from two of the biggest empires of Europe.
On the 24th of June 1941, Medici called for a cease fire against Germany and Italy and agreed to sign a treaty with Germany, later becoming a fascist puppet state.
THE NEW "MEDICIAN KINGDOM" WAS BORN UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF "THE TREATY OF MANAEA" IN THE FIRST OF JULY 1941
To be continued...