Why did Italy suck during World War II?

First of all, Italians are not good at fighting by nature. In those years, Libya and Ethiopia rushed into the First World War before they recovered, which not only caused huge casualties, but also made the domestic economy worse. Otherwise, Mussolini's fascist movement would not come to power because of the domestic social and economic crisis and in order to stop the revolution. Therefore, the bitter memory of the previous war made Italians support Mussolini's internal affairs (such as cracking down on the mafia, limiting the chaebol, controlling prices, and cracking down on bureaucratic and religious forces). ), but they don't agree with Mussolini's ambition to restore the glory of the Roman Empire and turn the Mediterranean into an Italian lake.

Secondly, the Italian army in World War II was not so funny. The Italian navy bravely supported the German and Italian troops in North Africa, regardless of casualties. It was China's Air Force that first hit a warship with a plane in World War II. After that, Italian pilots used planes to hit British Mediterranean fleet warships. The frogman troops of the Italian navy and manned torpedoes attacked Gibraltar and Malta at night, and raided the British navy several times overnight, which made it tremble with fear. Many jokes of the Italian army were fabricated or exaggerated by the psychological warfare department of the British army in wartime, just to hit the morale of Italy.