African Campaign

Historically, North Africa had always been strongly under the control of Sicily, however after the decline of the 3rd kingdom and transition into the 4th kingdom, the Kingdom of Sicily had lost almost all of its land in Africa to a variety of factions. The one spot they controlled was Tunis in Tunisia and the surrounding area.

After the NSDAP gained power it was noted by some Sicilian higher ups that the nearby German colonies in Algeria may try to boot Sicily out of Tunisia and launch an invasion into the island itself. To prepare, they sent one of their most skilled and smartest tacticians, field marshall Ervinu Romelu was sent to assist the garrison in Tunis and recruit the local population in the nearby towns and villages.

When war broke out in Austria and Germany, the Sicilian king, King Giovanni Gentile made it clear they would not be involved in the war unless directly provoked. However, on October 22nd, 1942, near the straight of Messina a passenger vessel bringing several government officials from the Vatican to Messina was struck by a German U-boat. 3 days later, Sicily formally declared war.

Romelu was ordered to launch into Algeria with a 7,500 man army and around 150 medium tanks. However, the NSDAP was tightly defending Algeria, and broke through the Sicilian army. Eventually, Romelu was forced to push for a retreat and fortify Tunis, however about 75 miles away, a British landing had ambushed the Sicilian army of around 2,500 troops against the combined Waffen-SS and British army of 8,500 commanded by Jimmy Martin but more locally Giacomo Lercaro. After intense fighting, Romelu ordered his men to take a nearby mountain range and dig in. He strategically sent 500 of them to Tunis to ask for reinforcements. Initially, the Sicilian army broke down the NSDAP and British army, but they still were gaining ground, until the Sicilian Heavy Armored Division 28 flanked the British army and forced a route, and after 2 days, pushed the NSDAP out of the region, after Jimmy Martin had received orders from St. Hitler to stop the assault into Tunisia and to focus on a defense of Algeria to break down and slow down the Sicilian army, so they could hopefully beat Romelu and take Tunis and launch into Sicily. 

After fighting for 8 months and losing land, the Sicilian army was finally pushing deeper into Algeria and beating back the NSDAP army. After 2 years of intense armored combat, the NSDAP officially retreated from Algeria and managed to escape back to Austria. After this victory, Romelu was ordered to return to Sicily and bring his army which had grown from 2,500 to 10,000 conscript soldiers and a large amount of tanks to assist in the war in Austria, where he dramatically turned the tides and was a big factor in winning the war.