If there is no Italy in the world, then the world war will lack a lot of "romance".
In 1882, Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy formed the Triple Alliance.
Italy is very happy, with the support of the Germans, what else can not be done? Watching European countries occupy colonies on the streets, the newly unified Italy also wanted to intervene.
So he chose weak Ethiopia, and in 1895 Italy sent a heavily armed, modern army of 17,000 men to invade Ethiopia. As a result, it was completely destroyed by Ethiopia's 110,000 troops.
Many people feel that it is not shameful, but if you think about it, Italy was a great power at that time, and these 17,000 people had machine guns and cannons in their hands, while Ethiopia was an African country, and most of his hands were wooden sticks and bows and arrows.
Good fellow, a modernly equipped army of great powers, actually lost to a primitive tribal force. This old face is really no place to put it, and then look at its ally Germany, people are busy looking for a fourth Ally to rub mahjong together, there is no time to take care of Italy.
On the contrary, Britain and France were busy giving Italy some support. Therefore, after the outbreak of World War I, Italy, which should have belonged to the German side, jumped to the British and French sides in the blink of an eye.
Do you think Britain, France and Russia will be happy? Sorry, the time for them to have a headache came. Italy really can't fight a war, no wonder it can't deal with Ethiopia, just started to clamor to collapse, causing the army to be stretched out, Britain, France and Russia had to send 9 more divisions to support Italy, really regret pulling this guy on the ship.
After the First World War, Italy lost 1 million people, but because the battlefield performance was too bad, so at the booty-sharing conference, Britain, France and Russia did not take him to play at all, which could make Italy angry. So will Italy during World War II fare better?
First, Italy has been dragging Germany's hind legs.
Britain and France suffered losses in World War I, and this time they said that they would not take Italy with them. Well, does Germany think they're fools? Such a big country doesn't play with it?
Mussolini said: What made Hitler awaken must be achieved by me!
In World War II, Italy decisively sided with Germany, why? Because the last time Britain and France said that they would share a large amount of assets to themselves, the result was that nothing was given, the bowls were ready, you gave me an air?
After getting angry, Italy resolutely defected to its former ally Germany and said: I am no longer the me I used to be, and you are no longer the former you!
In this way, Italy and Germany hugged each other tightly, but unfortunately, before the honeymoon period, Hitler wanted to rush to Italy and screw Mussolini's head off, so what was Italy doing?
At that time, the French army had been defeated by the German army, and encountered the Italian army on the way, which was undoubtedly fatal to the fleeing French army. As a result, the Italian army was beaten by the defeated French army and almost completely destroyed.
Italy's most advantageous navy, they are reluctant to take out to practice their hands, for a long time these navies along the Mediterranean line to fish. As a result, the British Navy came to control the Mediterranean Sea and destroyed the Italian Navy, which was hiding at home.
Italy was not dead set on Africa, ordering 100,000 troops to rush to East Africa, only to be completely annihilated by thousands of Local British troops.
The big countries can't clean up, so it's good to bully little Greece, right? As a result, Italy was beaten up by Greece again. It is estimated that Mussolini thought about hitting the big wall at that time.
Second, at that time, everyone said this about Italy.
Knowing that Hitler had allied with Italy, the leaders of the Wehrmacht advised Hitler to abandon such plans, for the simple following reasons:
If Italy can remain neutral, it is equivalent to us German army adding 10 divisions, if Italy joins the other side, we only need 20 divisions to destroy it, if Italy is allied with us, sorry, we need to spend 50 divisions to protect Italy.
Although this statement is full of ridicule, it also fully illustrates the image of Italy in the minds of Europeans at that time, that is, a drag oil bottle.
When British Prime Minister Winston Churchill learned of the alliance between Germany and Italy, he immediately celebrated with champagne with his friends and confessed: Fortunately, Italy and Germany are allied, not with us!
Afterwards, Hitler saw the energy of Italy, sighed and said: I think I only need 5 divisions to destroy this cargo.
At that time, the Allies saw that the Italian army was opposite, not to mention how happy they were, and the generals who led the team simply laughed and drank beer and waited to watch the play.
Third, italy joked frequently in World War II, and I really doubted that they were not here to fight.
Joke One: Lightning Strikes church.
The Italian army had a large amount of ammunition in their hands that had no place to store, so they stored it in the churches of the city. It didn't take long for lightning to begin to thunder, and a bolt of lightning struck the cross on the church, and the merciless fire burned.
It wasn't long before the church exploded, destroying one-fifth of the city. That was more than the losses of a month's worth of Allied bombing.
Joke two: pasta.
A sneak attack was about to unfold, and the Italian soldiers were anxiously waiting in the shadows. As a result, the meal arrived! Eating was a big deal, so hundreds of Italian soldiers forgot about the ambush mission and actually cooked pasta on the ground.
Oh my God, what's the commotion? As a result, the Allies discovered their fireworks and instantly captured the hundreds of Italian soldiers. Before leaving, the Italian soldiers still asked the Allied soldiers: Can you eat the freshly cooked noodles and leave?
Joke three: the battlefield failed, and the love field won a complete victory.
During the war, more than 20,000 Italian soldiers were held in Australia. These people did a decent job, so they could work outside of the prisoner-of-war camps and get paid.
As a result, the Italians rioted, and they actually soaked in the chicks here! And after the end of the war, more than 4,000 couples returned to Italy with joy.
What is this operation? Running to jail and successfully getting his marriage done? The main reason is that the proportion of success is too high, and it has reached one in five, is it because they are more good at making pasta?
Summary: Without Italy, perhaps Germany would have been a little more relaxed.
Hitler had cursed more than once that his brain was in the water, and why did he ally with such a guy? Hitler's choice of allies is really nothing to say, no one in Europe dares to fight, and everyone in Asia dares to fight.
Throughout World War II, Italy not only did not help Germany, but also dragged its feet. Therefore, some people joke that the first credit for the victory of the Allied forces in World War II was not Britain, France and the United States, but Italy.
In 1940, when Italian Air Marshal Balbo was flying around the Italian positions, he was actually shot down by the Italians with anti-aircraft guns! He became the highest-ranking general killed by his own men in World War II.
Even if his own marshal can be defeated, what stupid thing can Italy not do? If Mussolini hadn't been pulling his hind legs on the side, perhaps the Germans might have really let themselves go, so should Europeans thank Italy?