Italy during World War II

During World War I, Italy allied itself with Germany and Austria and refused to send troops. Finally, declare war on Austria.

Italy formed an alliance with Germany and Japan during World War II, and finally declared war on France on June 1940, and launched Italy's first attack in World War II on the 20th. The ending is very sad. . The Italian army was easily repelled by the weak French defenders. At this time, France signed the surrender, and Italy's first attack fell through. Mussolini lost face. Then its two offensives (against Greece and North Africa) only contained Germany. Hitler strictly forbade Italy to take any action in the Balkans to ensure the implementation of the war plan of invading Russia, but 1940,/kloc-0 10 on October 28th, the Italian army entered Greece, which completely disrupted Hitler's strategic plan, so the incompetent Italian army gave the British a chance to make a comeback temporarily. Hitler had to leave Barbarossa to clean up the mess in the Balkans.

"If war breaks out, Italy had better remain neutral, which may contain the enemy's 10 division. If it joins the other side, Germany can defeat it with only five divisions, but if it joins Germany, Germany will use 20 divisions to protect it. " This is a popular joke in Germany before the war.