What did Italy, another ally of Japan and Germany, do during World War II?

When dealing with the strategy of World War II, Italy always wants to be equal to Germany and Japan everywhere, trying to be very important, but in fact it is one of the chief culprits that drag down the whole Axis camp. See where there is Italy in Greece, Balkans and North Africa, and other European Axis powers will fill in. The most direct result is the dispersion of troops. For Germany, Italy's most important ally, the biggest mistake to help Italy realize its Balkan ambitions was to invade Yugoslavia and Greece, which directly dispersed the already valuable armored forces and motorized troops and delayed the plan to invade the Soviet Union. In other words, the assault force in the main attack direction was wasted and the arrival time of winter was artificially "advanced". All this is due to the weakness of the Italian army. Originally, 500,000 Italian troops had a better chance to invade the Balkans. Even if it doesn't go well, it won't be defeated so soon. Italy is a typical yawning toad with a big mouth and a small stomach. ...

For Italy, the wiser strategy in World War II is to take a defensive posture in North Africa, stall and attack the British H fleet and the Mediterranean sub-fleet, and cut off the connection between Egypt-Suez Canal and Britain in the Mediterranean as much as possible. From the strength of Italy, this is more realistic. Italian boots go deep into the Mediterranean, and Sardinia and Sicily guard the Mediterranean. If the Italian air force and navy can keep up with the level of World War II, the life of the British navy in the Mediterranean will be very sad. Unfortunately, Italy, which had the world's top navy at that time, maintained such a good geographical advantage that it could not compete with a British sub-fleet at all ... In fact, the fighter performance of the Italian Air Force was very good, and the level of MC.200 series was the same as that of ME 109, but the funny thing is that the advanced aircraft was not equipped with radio ... What can we expect the Italian Air Force to fight? As for the land battlefield, it is not Italy's specialty. It should have organized some elite troops and other Axis forces at the forefront, and at the same time contracted a large number of second-rate troops at that time to help the Germans deal with guerrillas (the Italian army was better than the guerrillas no matter how poorly equipped). Imagine that nearly a million Italian troops are the main force and cooperate with a small number of Germans to deal with guerrillas. If the command is proper, they still have a considerable deterrent effect on guerrilla activities. Here we only talk about containment, not eradication, because for any country, guerrillas can't be completely eliminated. Just keep their activities within the permitted scope and don't fantasize about destroying them.

Italy's greatest contribution to Germany actually appeared after he defected to the Allies ... Funny-a large number of Italy's war material reserves were looted by the Germans, which led to the peak of German military production during World War II in 1943.

Italy's biggest problem lies in Mussolini's stupidity, arrogance and incompetence. If Mussolini didn't pay so much attention to the so-called face, but had a detailed division of labor with Germany and complemented each other, there wouldn't be so many failures and jokes. The incompetence of a general will kill the three armed forces, and the incompetence of a commander will even lead to the failure of the country. Personally, Mussolini was the second biggest black sheep after Gorbachev in the last century ... At least Mussolini lost his home, but Gorbachev lost the Soviet Union for 70 years. ......