During World War II, what achievements, famous soldiers and famous battles did Italy have? How does the combat effectiveness of the Italian army compare with that of Japan?

Italy's combat effectiveness is actually seriously underestimated, mainly because these Italians don't want to fight at all.

As the sixth largest industrial power in the world and one of the three giants of Axis countries, the Italian army is not bad in training or personnel quality, at least in the middle reaches of Europe. The Italian army is well equipped. It can be said that it is world-class, more than one grade higher than Japan. Italy's obsolete goods and Italian guns during World War I were thrown into the battlefield in China and regarded as treasures (think of Li Yunlong's Italian guns! ), Italian weapons and equipment can be imagined.

The biggest problem of the Italian army comes from morale and fighting will. Because the Italian army doesn't want to fight at all, it always goes to work and doesn't contribute, so naturally it can't. However, this does not mean that the Italian army is poor in combat effectiveness, but that the Italian army is unwilling to fight hard. But even so, the performance of the Italian army in the Soviet-German battlefield is no less than that of the German army. In the Battle of Ukraine, 260,000 Italian expeditionary forces swept through Ukraine and captured 65,438+10,000 Soviet troops. At least the Japanese dare not boast that they can do it. At the Battle of Stalingrad, the Axis forces were besieged by the Soviet Union and forced to break through. Unexpectedly, the Italian army took the lead in breaking through, and nearly 5,000 Italian troops rushed out of the besieged city through brutal hand-to-hand combat, while a larger number of Germans who fled not far away rushed out of the besieged city, with only 2,000 people. Even the Soviets were surprised at the combat effectiveness of the Italian army. Therefore, the fighting capacity of Italy's main force is not low. If you are serious, it is at least as good as the Soviet Union. If you put all your eggs in one basket, it's almost like the Germans.

Italy's left-behind troops are mainly stationed at home and in Greece, Albania and other places. Their main task is to deal with local guerrillas and maintain local order and public security. Although it is a second-line combat force, the equipment and combat effectiveness of the Italian left-behind troops are not bad. Yugoslav guerrillas were famous armed forces capable of fighting in World War II. They have spread for many years, and Germany has been unable to destroy them. As allies, Italians also took part in the encirclement and suppression operation. In the siege of Yugoslav guerrillas, the Italian army played no worse than the local German army, especially in mountainous areas, and its fighting capacity was not much different from that of the German second-line troops, which may be related to Italy's good at mountainous areas.

The third category is the Italian colonial forces, that is, the third-line forces. These troops are mainly distributed in North Africa and East Africa. They are mainly responsible for maintaining local order and rarely undertake combat tasks, so they are poorly equipped and have poor combat effectiveness.

Actually, you can't blame the Italians. Britain and the United States are armed to the teeth, and they control the air and sea power. Even the Japanese army may not be much better than Italy. In fact, the Italian colonial forces played well in some battles and almost drove the British out of North Africa in the war. With the cooperation of Italian colonial forces, Italy's Aglietta Armored Division played a first-class level and even defeated the 22nd Armored Brigade of British elite troops. If the Italian army is given enough supplies and mechanized troops, the Italian army may not lose to the British.

Generally speaking, the operational level of the first-line field troops of the Italian Army is relatively high, slightly lower than that of the Germans. The fighting capacity of the second-line left-behind troops is not much different from that of the German second-line troops, and the third-line colonial troops are slightly higher than the second-rate troops of the Commonwealth, so the real fighting capacity of the Italian army is not as bad as the online rumors. Italy's poor performance is mainly due to the Italian army's unwillingness to fight, and its opponent is stronger than the other side. In fact, if the Japanese army goes to the Soviet-German battlefield, it may not be stronger than the Italian army. Even Rommel once praised the Italian army for shocking the world, and the Italian army shocked the Germans. Practically speaking, the combat effectiveness of the Italian army is not worse than that of the Japanese army. If we consider the factors of equipment and firepower, the Japanese army may not be the opponent of the Italian army.

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194 1 On the battlefield in North Africa, Rommel, the "desert fox", attacked the British army one after another. However, in the present battle, he was short of troops, so he had to hand over the important flank to the Italian army strategically to prevent the British army from attacking the flank. One of the most important areas is guarded by the famous Italian armored division "Ramus". Ram armored division, led by its commander Major General Mario, is also excellent. * * * There are more than 200 armored vehicles such as M 13 main battle tank, L3 light tank and M42 self-propelled artillery. These are very powerful. This army can also be called the elite of the Italian army.

Unfortunately, Ram's armored forces were defeated by the 22nd British armored division. In the face of the British attack at any time, Ram armored forces lost many times and had no choice but to surrender. At this time, Mario sent negotiators to the British army to negotiate, hoping that the British army would not invade Gubi well and promised not to attack the British army.

The high-spirited British army obviously looked down on the Italian army, which had been defeated many times. It not only refused to negotiate directly, but also shot at the Italian envoy, who died halfway. The fierce attack by the British army angered Major General Mario of Ram Armored Forces. Under Mario's command, the whole Italian army launched an all-out attack on the British army. In the two-hour tank battle, 80 British tanks were destroyed and 53 were damaged. Mario's army lost 43 tanks, the battle result was reversed, and the Italian army won unexpectedly.

It was this battle that inspired the real strength of the Italian army and its fighting capacity was not weak. There is even a view that the Italian army is not unable to fight, but just doesn't want to fight. Only by pushing to the limit can real combat effectiveness break out.