It is said that during World War II, Italy was "mercenary" and only sold cuteness. What happened?

There is a saying that Italy naturally wants to stay and fight Ethiopia in Africa as a powerful country, but without Germany's help, it can't fight the Balkans. Germany defeated France. Italy wanted a piece of the action, but it was cut back by the dying France. In North Africa, Rommel was dragged down and suffered heavy losses. Three battleships were sunk in the home port by the British 1 aircraft carrier. Sicily was shot down by the allied forces and surrendered to the rebels. Then the north was occupied by Germany.

In World War II, it was rare to see Italy win the battle.

On the other hand, Italy's Mussolini established fascism and wrote a book to explain his thoughts, which largely guided Hitler's future actions.

Only Mussolini did not consolidate power as quickly as Hitler did, which eventually led to his overthrow by two political parties that advocated peace in Italy.

After Mussolini was impeached, Hitler met him and said, "I was deeply infected by the fanatical faith in your eyes, but now your eyes are as dim as ordinary people, and I am disappointed that you have lost your enthusiasm in the past!"