When it comes to the two world wars in history, most people think that the occurrence of these two wars is excusable. Although the number of dead and wounded is extremely large, the emergence of war has made the pace of world civilization move forward once again. Those who are familiar with history know that the most ferocious and tragic birthplaces of these two wars were in Europe. Whether it is World War I or World War II, fighting is often not a matter for one country, and when the fight is fierce, each country will choose to rely on the country according to its own interests.
But one of them, whether it was World War I or World War II, in the history of world wars, did not once have a record of success. Even in the hearts of many experts, they feel that they are here to be funny and drag their feet. This country is now a developed country in Europe -
Italy
。
Friends who know the First World War have some understanding of the powers of the world at that time, such as Italy, which was an ally with the German Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire twenty years before the beginning of the First World War. Italy was actually unified very late, and it was not until 1871 that Italy had the appearance of a country. However, geographically, Italy can be said to have suffered a big loss, when the European powers France and austria-Hungary were secretly competing, and the not yet powerful Italy naturally became a pawn in the hands of the two countries.
As a result, France soon took away the Italian colonies, which made Italy unable to bear it, so it signed an alliance with Germany. But Austria-Hungary, which had bullied Italy before, also signed a contract with Germany, which meant that Although Italy did not like Austria-Hungary, it had to ally with him. In the next period of time, it can be said that although Europe is surging with undercurrents, it is still non-invasive on the surface. However, Italy saw that its economy was no longer working, so it had to follow in the footsteps of the European powers and began to invade Africa itself.
But the Italian army did not disappoint and carried forward its usual humiliating record. In the face of the Ethiopian army at that time, Italy, which considered itself a second-rate power, lost fifteen thousand people in two years, while the enemy army lost less than ten thousand. In the final decisive battle, the Italian soldiers were captured by the Egyptian army nearly 4,000 people, losing face. This war made Italy's already unsatisfactory economy worse, so it gradually began to ease diplomatically with France, after all, there was no money and everything was free to talk about.
Reconciled with France, Austria-Hungary on the other side was not happy. Originally, France and Austria-Hungary bullied Italy together, but now that you are relying on France while you are in league with Austria-Hungary, Austria-Hungary feels that it has been despised. At this time, Africa was basically occupied by the great powers, and Italy had to set its sights on the Austro-Hungarian territory.
Balkans
, the place where world war I began later. But the skinny camel was bigger than the horse, and although Germany took care of Italy, it was more inclined to Austria-Hungary, and Italy itself did not have a strong capital. So this waited, waited until the beginning of the First World War.
After the beginning of the First World War, although Italy was clearly a person on the German side, it was friendly with France, and the Allies looked at it, is this not our undercover? So he quietly signed the Treaty of London with Italy, promised to give Italian territory, and shared the benefits with them. Naturally, Italy also joined the Entente a few months later and took back its own territory.
But after the war, Italy not only did not learn its lesson, but instead repeated the mistakes of the past, making itself the first fascist country. But after joining the German side, the Italian army did not exert the same strong combat strength as the Japanese and German armies, on the contrary, they were still enjoying life and carrying forward what they would not fight."
Good habits
”。 So the Germans had to wipe their butts for Italy, and the Allies did not focus on Italy.
During World War II, technology has advanced rapidly, but numbers are still the basis for victory in a battle. The European battlefield has Germany, and Asia is Japan, so Italy has to go to the African battlefield. But Italy did not win the Africans decades ago, and after World War II, it could not defeat the Allies. In the North African war, Italy invested 300,000 people, while the British side had only 100,000 people in Africa. Logically, Italy can take North Africa, even if it is worse. However, the Italian army, which did not work hard, chose to drink beer and eat sausages every day, and was perfunctory.
The well-trained British army defeated the Italian army, and after the German army began to suffer setbacks and the supplies could not keep up, the Italian army finally could not live a good life and had to choose to surrender. Unexpectedly, the British side thought that there were not so many Italian troops to surrender, so the prisoner of war camp did not do much. So what about this? Italy once again played their role"
Fine tradition
": Build your own prisoner-of-war camp and shut yourself up. This made the Germans so angry that they personally sent Rommel to rescue them.
After this, Germany felt that Italy not only could not help them, but also a burden, so it chose to abandon Italy and focus on the European battlefield. Italy also surrendered to the Allies in peace, and the overwhelmed people removed Mussolini and went on to live their lives.