The fascist countries of World War II included Germany, Japan, and Italy, and only three countries stirred up the world in darkness, so were the strength of these three countries the same? In fact, no, Germany is the most powerful, because Germany alone swept through the whole of Europe, the rest of Japan and Italy, japan still has a little strength, and Italy's military strength is not very good, but it always drags Germany's hind legs, for example, when Germany attacked the Soviet Union, because it had to support Italy, it missed the best opportunity, resulting in being frozen to death in Moscow.
Although Italy always lags behind, but Italy's military strength is not without strength, Italy during World War II, there is a slogan: "eight million bayonets", therefore, the entire army, and even the entire army, are based on ground light infantry as a pillar, there is the Italian navy, in the Mediterranean is a hegemon, can compete with the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the French Mediterranean Fleet, let alone the air force, Italy's air force, there is no lack of good aircraft design, but limited to the domestic heavy industry foundation is relatively thin, The quantity and quality corresponding to it cannot be guaranteed, so it greatly limits the exertion of its aviation strength.
Ordinary Italian infantry, under the leadership of good commanders, such as in North Africa, a few Italian troops cooperating with Rommel, still have a certain combat effectiveness, but in general, they are in a state of no struggle, morale is low, not to mention Ethiopia, even if it is an invasion of Greece, such a small country, it was actually beaten back to Italy, so that the French put up a sign on the border "Stand, Greeks!" This is already the border of France! "If it weren't for the German intervention, Italy would have been captured long ago."
The morale of Italy in World War II is not so high, this is because the ideas of the Italian generals are still in the period of World War I, when the German blitzkrieg shocked the world, the Italian army still clings to the tactics of the World War I period, nor does it study the new tactics and weapons, the army equipment is backward, especially heavy weapons, artillery is basically a veteran of the First World War, the rifle is used in 1891 Manlicia, the new Carcano 38 type is only a few, especially the tanks and the Japanese are almost armored and weak.
But the Italian army still has elite troops such as the Italian "lightning" paratrooper division and Nembo paratrooper division, the lightning division in the Battle of El Alamein desperately blocked the British army, after the bullets ran out of food, the division commander led the last three hundred people to destroy the weapons after surrendering, the Italian air force is OK, there is a fighter fighter The German army thinks that it is better than BF109, in fact, the reason why Germany and Italy are allies because they are fascist countries, Germany is eager to have a weight to speak for his allies, and there is a Factual Navy that is not weak, the first in the Mediterranean, More powerful than the German Navy, but due to the oil blockade and the short-sightedness of the leaders, a year later the depletion of oil reserves became a presence fleet.
Germany's choice of Italy as an ally does not seem to want Italy to be able to do anything earth-shattering, as long as it is mentally with Germany, so even if Italy always drags Germany's hind legs, Germany will not give up Italy, after all, Germany is bent on taking the fascist road alone, only Italy supports.