I am Italian and I truly appreciate this video, is always nice to see in the history of your country with a foreign look. It reminds you of the countless bias that is still in place. Thank you for looking at my country :)

@jezalb2710

Жыл бұрын

Prego

@Xmasshow24

Жыл бұрын

I know exactly what you mean kind of like the Christopher walken quote from True Romance

@toi_techno

Жыл бұрын

Italy prepared for war by installing far more reverse gears in their tanks than forward gears. And by collaborating with the Nazis. Italy has a fascist government once again and should be chucked out of the EU. Disgraceful behaviour from and relatively useless people.

@SiVlog1989

Жыл бұрын

I was rewatching the 1990's documentary about Benito Mussolini recently and one line from one of the Italian journalists (I can't remember his name) probably summed up how Italians felt about Mussolini immediately after WW2 ended (although as an Italian yourself, feel free to correct me): "Poor Mussolini, he's rather a pathetic figure. The romance between Mussolini and Italy lasted 10 years, then it was a disaster because absolute power destroys the mind,"

@mattiemathis9549

Жыл бұрын

I feel the same way when I listen to documentaries on my own country. It’s sad, at least for me, I learn more about my country from “foreigners” than I do my own countrymen. 😂😂😂

You could surprise me by saying mussolini actually prepared for the war

@bayersbluebayoubioweapon8477

Жыл бұрын

My grandfather saw him hang like the sweetest fruit.

@grabnar4015

Жыл бұрын

I guess bad preparations would still count. Although they did actually have some good guns and other tech, just not the leadership they really needed I guess

@samthatguy6126

Жыл бұрын

The leadership and soldiers were rushed into fighting by mussolini's need to keep up with pace of the Germans progress

@flyinghigh2701

Жыл бұрын

Corruption and incompetence meant any plans were doomed to fail

@liberalman8319

Жыл бұрын

I was just going to say that….😂

I'm very sorry to say there's a *major mistake* in this video. Mussolini never participated in the march on Rome. He was in Milan with his luggage ready and a ticket to France if the march failed. Instead he received a phone call from that waste of oxygen of a king we had. *This is a historical fact.* Mussolini was always an "Armiamoci e Partite"(We arm ourselves and You go Fight) kind of guy. A craven PoS.

Loved this 😍 I attend an almost daily college level lecture and my professor is Simon Whistler. He teaches geography, history, sometimes astronomy and chemistry, he even has a class on criminology. Thank you Simon.

@alantremonti1381

Жыл бұрын

Simon has espoused time and again that he's basically a mouthpiece--there is an incredible cadre of talented writers and researchers behind every one of Big-Brain Fact Boi's ventures. That being said, I dunno if I'd be nearly as interested in his many videos without the tangents, ramblings and general charisma. Steady on, Fact Boi.

@Dr.RichardBanks

Жыл бұрын

I'm still waiting for Simon to expose us to a sex ed channel.

@cd5433

Жыл бұрын

Thank his writers

@jrmckim

Жыл бұрын

@CD yes his writers are incredible part of his channels but Simon has the right voice and demeanor to bring in viewers. He also works with his writers to make the scripts more enjoyable and entertaining for his audiences. Some of time his writers go beyond what lay people can comprehend, so Simon has to get them to "dumb" it down. It's not because he believes his viewers are dumb but because he has a range of ages to make content for. Also simplifying scripts make it easy to understand and more laid-back for us. I believe that Simon brings in viewers by having easy to understand scripts that educate us without all the technical jargon. So it's a partner between his writers and himself.

@topiasr628

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. And to those talking about the writers, I think a thank you to Simon means a thank you to him and his team. Saying otherwise is like thanking your delivery driver and someone saying, "its not the delivery driver, its the whole organization.' Both are true but a compliment to one represents a thank you to everyone Either way, I'd love for Simon to do a video introducing us to the team and taking us through the process from an idea moving all the way through to a video being uploaded

Just one little sidenote: Mussolini didn't lead the Blackshirts during the March on Rome, he was in Milan ready to flee if things went wrong

1:40 - Chapter 1 - Great war & aftermath 7:15 - Chapter 2 - Mussolini rise to power 11:00 - Chapter 3 - Dictatorship 16:45 - Chapter 4 - War & expansion 20:55 - Chapter 5 - Point of no return 23:40 - Chapter 6 - Aftermath

@RJM1011

Жыл бұрын

If you don't watch ALL of the video you will learn NOTHING !

@mechanicaldavid4827

Жыл бұрын

No mention of the aged, unholy grudge held against Ethiopia for spanking early attempts by Italy to conquer and colonize (beyond Somaliland). The Great War was preceded by many smaller European wars, yes, but Italy's disastrous and vile misadventures in East Africa were among Mussolini's attempts to redeem and revive dreams of Empire (with Ethiopian blood). I would dare say that European democracy or fascism were rather unimportant distinctions where African nations were concerned.

We can't have an episode on Mussolini without the Alexei Sayle quote in the Young Ones. It's been a terrible blow to my life looking like Mussolini, you know. Especially when I was a kid, you know, I was about seven, right, and I was down the Youth Club, you know, dancing away, right, like in the sixties, doing the Twist you know. And, em, there was this girl, right, and she comes up to me, and she goes "'Ere! Are you Mussolini?" I said, "Emmm... Yeah." She says, "I thought you was dead." I says "No, it was just me day off, you know." So she pulled me over the dance floor and butted me in the face! I said, "What's that for?" She said "That's for the invasion of Crete!"

9:08 The police didn't just "not stand in the way" but also supplied weapons and vehicles for Fascist squads when raiding union or cooperative headquarters.

@enalb5085

Жыл бұрын

hey that's like CIA and antifa

@theOwnuts

9 ай бұрын

@@enalb5085 are you saying the CIA is supplying Antifa? how and why would anyone think that?? CIA is notoriously rightwing, known for supporting coups against leftists or communist governments in south america and Antifa is quite obviously to the extreme left. Weirdest stuff I read today.

@michaelmoynihan1888

2 ай бұрын

“antifa” really? Are they in the room with us now?

Loving the countdown to war series, going to do not-see Germany next I assume?

Love this series of these countdowns to wars

I absolutely loved this video! Though I'm not seeing anything on a countdown to war Germany, hopefully it's an issue that can be fixed cause I can't understate how great that video would be

Great video

Having served with Italian officers in Afghanistan.....I can tell you that the Italians emphasis on logistics, strategic vision and hard work is not the priority. As an example, tell a group of NATO officers, "the meeting starts at 0800" and notice the only country that comes in 30 minutes after the meeting ends.

@mnk9073

Жыл бұрын

Eh, most meetings could have been e-mails anyway so you just show up to collect the handout. The only way to gather Italian officers efficientlyfor a morning report is to make the meeting room the only place to get the moka.

@bandenere7774

Жыл бұрын

@@mnk9073 *Italians in general. The aroma and noise of a fresh brew is our Hamelin's flute ☕🤫

@Marco-1997

Жыл бұрын

Wow, anecdotes, surely there won’t be someone else saying the contrary, surely The Italian emphasis on logistics, strategic vision and hard work is not the priority? First off, completely wrong as there are lots of cases proving the opposite and secondly, deeply stereotypical and even offensive I’m starting to doubt you even served

@rodrigodiazdevivar6183

Жыл бұрын

@@Marco-1997 Lets make a video out of this with money on the line. My only requirement is that we place the money in trust. I will then have my videos and statements from other NATO members as evidence. Again, if you agree we will put the money in trust. The Italians base was in Northern Afghanistan (Heret) along with the Spanish, but even the Spanish did not work well with the Italians. Make no mistake, the Italians were the ONLY country that drank alcohol on a regular basis. This had to be hidden to the Islamic community....Why, the Italians were the only ones that had no discipline. I am Mexican-American, we have no beef with Italy. However, I am not going to lie, the Italian Army was the laziest and least discipline. The Italians were known for being late, not contributing, and being lazy. Again, make me look stupid, lets place money on this.....

@Marco-1997

Жыл бұрын

@@rodrigodiazdevivar6183 we don’t need to put money on the line, firstly because I don’t have any😂 and secondly because there is no need to Again that is anecdotal evidence and has no value since on the internet I found plenty of people saying things like “they were very professional, kind and ready to take on the fight”, maybe it’s true but we can’t really know for sure Even if I’m skeptical maybe you are saying that in good faith because of your bias, a bias that frankly is pretty common when it comes to an analysis of Italians or their country A report/paper would be much more valuable and also verifiable The Italian army does not drink alcohol regularly but in a type of ration like some of other countries it has like some ml of an alcoholic beverage Were you in Herat before or after the U.S. handed off the authority and administration of the base to the Italians? I’m genuinely sorry if you had a bad experience working with them but even in that case it’s just a mere simple case without a statistic, maybe you were just “unlucky” like it happens for some people with other countries But I found this if you want to give it a read, it’s in English www.iai.it/sites/default/files/iaiwp1723.pdf P.S. I don’t know why but your comment got deleted/censored

I looked and I can’t find Countdown to War: Germany. Only Japan and Italy.

A little unfortunate that almost every Italian war stereotype was rehearsed during the opening section with reference to WW1, but no mention was made of the successes on the Piave river and in particular Vittorio Veneto that in effect triggered the collapse of Austria-Hungary at the end of 1918.

My favorite channel in the Whistlerverse. Allegedly. Cheers from Tennessee

We didn't hear enough about "Don" Benito Musselini 🇮🇹 when learning about WW2 until now! This is a Warographics we're definitely gonna love!! 👏

@C21H30O2

Жыл бұрын

Its because looking into these men more turns up details the modern "intellectual" class don't want you to know. Like what all fascists were before becoming "fascist". Your history teachers lied by omission, I guarantee it.

@enalb5085

Жыл бұрын

they didnt teach you because they are trying fascism again, except this time the real fascist just calls everyone that disagrees with them fascist and nobody cares because nobody knows what fascist means

Greetings, Mr. Whistler. Can you make videos about the Lebanese Civil War and the Algerian War of Independence, please? Thank you!

11 seconds ago? Nice. This is a pretty interesting topic too.

Video suggestion: "Greatest Naval Battle in History". The battle of Leyte gulf.

Will you be doing videos like this on the United States, Britain, Canada, France, Soviet Union, and Australia?

Still waiting for the Battle of Britain 🇬🇧 Volunteer Canadians and poles ALSO made up a few who fought for the RAF! I DO love this 1 too though

@pyromania1018

Жыл бұрын

There were also Polish ground troops who patrolled the area for German pilots who crash-landed or parachuted down. Unfortunately for British Intelligence, they weren't in a prisoner-taking mood, though can you blame them?

Remember people: you are not a true Simonite unless you subscribe to all his channels but once you do, you also become a legend!

Hey guys , in the 11th battle of the isonzo let’s do the same thing we did last time ! It’s bound to work eventually .

@padraigmuldoon4266

Жыл бұрын

That was basically WW1 in a nutshell, Only the Russians in 1916 and the Germans in 1918 tried new daring attacks to force breakthroughs

@C21H30O2

Жыл бұрын

"Real socialism has never been tried"

@LordoftheSith

Жыл бұрын

Said General Melchetto

@NoName-hg6cc

11 ай бұрын

Could say the same for France and uk "Hey, let's throw men in waves at Germany like in WW1 until they are beaten (didn't happen though) or collapse, we are 2vs1 what could go wrong?" Spoilers: it didn't work in WW2

Eating spaghetti and sipping espresso at 4 in the afternoon doesn't count as "preparing for WWII."

@gs7828

Жыл бұрын

A bit xenophobic, don't you think? Preparations happened, for what it was possible, with low resources and considering that the country didn't really have their heart in the fight. The Italians still managed to have superior armour units than the British until early 1942 (apart from fuel) and butchered Australian troops even until El Alamein. Then, while the Germans were surrendering lightly in the following sieges, Italians held tight and bought time for Rommel to embark back to Axis-controlled territory.

@gs7828

Жыл бұрын

Also, the Italian Navy received the best quality steel. Italy allowed Germany not to be surrounded. The British Royal Navy had to devolve many resources to fight in the Med and this gave Germany a chance in the Atlantic, plus it allowed Hitler to aim for the Middle Eastern oil fields.

@NoName-hg6cc

11 ай бұрын

Better than preparing fro Vietnam Eating hamburgers only to lose to people in pajamas

I will consider historical precedent in both Italy and in America in the future to come.

I'd love to see a video on the Sino-Vietnamese War of 1979

You've done a video on the Russo-Japanese war, may i ask for a video on the Battle of Tsushima please on this channel?

Where is the countdown to war Germany episode, Simon?

How could you forget italys 12 battles for the Isonzo?! That’s way more important than that other one . The whole reason Austria hungry broke through was because they wasted so many resources on a useless battle

@gs7828

Жыл бұрын

Most of Italy's battles in the Great War were offensive ones, against some of the hardest terrains and defences of the war. Knowing that defensive weapons were stronger in the period, that puts it in perspective. Also, on the Italo-Austrian front the possible attacks routes were often limited compared to the Western front.

@cretansuperbos2121

Жыл бұрын

And the Austrians only broke through after enormous German support. Austria was a broken reed by Caporetto.

@Ruosteinenknight

Жыл бұрын

Luigi Cadorna and Conrad Von Hotzendorf could just as well be called "dumb and dumber: ww1 edition".

@gs7828

Жыл бұрын

@@Ruosteinenknight Yeah, but in terms of strategy, there were not many avenues of attack at his disposal, nor doctrines he could follow using contemporary, different weapons.

@NoName-hg6cc

11 ай бұрын

@@Ruosteinenknight Haig and Joffre should be named the Idiotic Duo

Do a video on Operation Anthropoid.

Rest in peace to those that passed away.

Topic suggestion: the voyage of the Russian 2nd Pacific Squadron in 1905.

My grand father fought in Italy in 1944 and was on a patrol with around a dozen comrades when 500 Italians surrendered to them.

@j.a.weishaupt1748

Жыл бұрын

Okidoki

@josefoglio9250

Жыл бұрын

My grand father Was in Tobruk when 33000 britished surrendered after one Day fighting and another near Dunkerke when saw 300000 british runnig as fast as possiblet to the boats abandoning all Guns and equipamients and a friend of my grand father wss in Singapur where 60000 british surrendered to 20000 japonese and another friend of my grand father Was in Greece when the british Word of orders Was : to the botas crying Save Who can....

"Everything in the State, nothing outside the State, nothing against the State." - Benito Mussolini

Steve Carell (black jacket) left of Mussolini at 21:00. No Way!

Please do 1812

"How Italian fascists prepared for WWII" They didn't

@leighpowell1062

Жыл бұрын

They did prepare, just not very well

I’m surprised this video didn’t talking about his execution

@HeroSword_P

Жыл бұрын

He already has an old video on Mussolini where he mentioned his death there

@onlyme219

Жыл бұрын

@@HeroSword_P I do a search, thank you

Italy didn't just "held the line" it destroyed AH amry, something Entente couldn't do against Germany 3vs1

Have you done the Germany video yet???

The first rule of Fighting Leagues is that you don't talk about Fighting Leagues...

You never mentioned Mussolini's initial opposition to Hitler's agression and the potential "Franco-Italian" alliance where Mussolini wanted to be prepared and France wrote off quite support for the Italian fascist invasion of Abbyssinia.

That round light behind you in many of your videos, what the hell is that? It's always kinda bothered me.

Wait, they did prepare??? Imagine if they hadn't... (HOI4 vibes)

The answer is “not very well.” Italy was completely unprepared to fight WW2.

The Arden, you got a video about that. It's just history.

To make it short, they didn't

they didn’t really they invaded egypt wihout propper supply and logistics arrangements (sound familiar), they invaded greece without proper intelligence or again good logistics the only textbook operation was in east africa because the local commanders actually used their brains and carefully conducted the operation also helped by local incompetence by the british command in the area.

3:59 "This kind of Brute Force governance went about as well as one can expect in a representative republic". Well... Italy was a monarchy at the time, and about being representative... Since 1912 only male citizens above 21 years old who attended primary school or military service, or above 30 without any restriction could vote. Universal male suffrage in Italy is introduced in 1918, and the right to vote is finally given to women only from 1946 on the occasion of the referendum about choosing monarchy or republic as type of government.

*sees title* "How they prepared for WWII? They didn't." *watches video* "They didn't."

Short answer, they didn’t. But thanks for a fascinating analysis

@gs7828

Жыл бұрын

Italy's navy did alright. The army too, though steel and industries needed to create strong armoured units were lacking.

Hmm, I have watched Countdown to War Japan, around a month ago, and now Italy. Thing is that you haven't released CtW Germany yet 😎

up next;Belleau Woods

Wait! They prepared for WW2? Wow I couldn't tell.

Can you do a video on the Battle of Culloden please. The English-Scottish wars are always interesting to me.

Like you said we don't hear so much of this compared to the rise of Nazi Germany, so this was rather informative

Rommel stated the Italian troops were excellent soldiers, expect their equipment, generals, and leaders idea to invade Greece, and Egypt.

Ya gotta admit, though - of all the world leaders at the time Mussolini definitely knew how to strike a pose.

Surprised you left out his last stop at a petrol station…

Italy prepared for war by installing far more reverse gears in their tanks than forward gears.

This channel needs maps. Sorry, but true. Depiction of military history should include maps!

They packed ammo, pasta and tomato sauce and were ready for war

I can’t find the countdown to war nazi germany video

I can't find a "Countdown to War Germany" in Warographics?

Imagine how different the European theater would have been if the Italians had a navy similar to Imperial Japan. Hindsight is 20-20 though.

@silentdrew7636

Жыл бұрын

They don't have have the industry or money.

@lonelychameleon3595

Жыл бұрын

Even if they did Italian leadership would've been too incompetent to know how to use it.

@jacobdewey2053

Жыл бұрын

Italy actually had a lot of fine warships, they just had a poor admiralty that didn't understand how to properly use them and a shortage of oil to fuel them with. They presented a very serious threat to the British Mediterranean fleet which guided a lot of their early war policy

@armandotalampas4800

Жыл бұрын

The Italian Navy is not a pushover! Don't underestimate the Italians. The fact that Winston Churchill opted to eliminate first Britain's rivals in the Mediterranean belies your observation. According to US Army Chief of Staff George Marshall, the quickest way to defeat Nazi Germany is through France 🇫🇷. Churchill would always be the great imperialist! He is so concerned of protecting the Suez Canal and British interests in the Middle East. "Soft Underbelly of Europe" my foot 🦶! It took the Western Allies a year to capture Rome.

@NoName-hg6cc

11 ай бұрын

Italy did. Think if uk had the guts of the Japanese or German in the East

To paraphrase William L. Shirer, the Italian people were too civilized, too sophisticated, and too down-to-earth to be truly swept up by fascism the way that the German people were. They merely suffered fascism, knowing it would come and go. Thoughts?

@svtinker

Жыл бұрын

Yes, radicalism is the tail wagging the dog. No doubt Italians are students of history.

@thelordofcringe

Жыл бұрын

The Italian people invented it and unlike Germany, who only ended up fascist thanks to the communist threat, Italy got so much popular support for fascism that they took over without the political games Adolf had to play.

@murdelabop

Жыл бұрын

My understanding is that no more than about 25% of the Italian people were ever really Fascists.

@gs7828

Жыл бұрын

@@murdelabop And even then, most of them were conservative and far right, not supporting Fascism until the bitter end. They saw Fascism as a tool rather than something to die for. Big difference from Germany, where resistance movements weren't that popular.

@pyromania1018

Жыл бұрын

@@gs7828 And many of them were Jewish, which was why so many Italians were shocked when Mussolini decided to copy the Nuremberg Laws.

Mussolini could really strike a pose in front of a camera. If he wasn't such an ideology nerd, he probably could have been a good actor.

@andrewharris9302

Жыл бұрын

Was he the first fascist leader in Europe?

@thecrow7549

Жыл бұрын

@@andrewharris9302 he was not only the first fascist leader in THE WORLD but also the founder of fascism

@theOwnuts

9 ай бұрын

I always thought he looked like such a clown, I know its easy to say nowadays, but how could have anybody even taken im seriously? Nevermind, just thought about Trump, another clown many take seriously for some reason to this day. People are weird.

Italy in WW2 was the "kamchatka" of the Axis powers.

@bayersbluebayoubioweapon8477

Жыл бұрын

That is a fascinating comparison that I had never considered. Thank you for it.

@vitorpereira9515

Жыл бұрын

@@bayersbluebayoubioweapon8477 You're welcome. Before you go, can you answer me a question? Do you see torpedo boats?

@bayersbluebayoubioweapon8477

Жыл бұрын

@@vitorpereira9515 Only in a museum once, though it was beautiful.

@Mecha82

Жыл бұрын

In anime Hetalia Axis Powers Italy is portrait as pasta loving goof ball.

Who knew that the battle over whether or not pineapple belongs on pizza could turn into such a conflagration that last onto this day!

Azog the Defiler looks like Mussolini.

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I have to take issue with a couple of things. First, there wasn't a single march on Rome, but several, and Mussolini was only present for one of them, and then only when he was sure that the king wouldn't start a shooting war. Second, the Italian military didn't "roll over" Ethiopia, they got their asses handed to them. The only way Italy managed to win in Ethiopia was by the use of chemical warfare, and gassing the Ethiopians into submission by genocide. Which the other European colonial powers did nothing about.

@LordoftheSith

Жыл бұрын

Correct, despite having more modern equipment the Italians never truly controlled all of Abyssinia even after their declared ‘victory’.

@jeambeam3173

Жыл бұрын

What makes it even crazier the western powers gave most of Ethiopia back to Italy after to the war. The fucking audacity it be like letting Germany keep Poland

@murdelabop

Жыл бұрын

@@jeambeam3173 Worse still, they branded Hylie Salassie a terrorist for defending his country from Italian aggression.

@theskeptic3214

Жыл бұрын

The king of Ethiopia ran away and ran to the imperialists Western capitalists for help 😂

@padraigmuldoon4266

11 ай бұрын

Both your points are incorrect friend

Check out our companion video Countdown To War: Germany I would love to but you guys haven’t released that one yet… 😂

How Mussolini was prepared to WW2: he wasn't.

14:33 Uncensored! 😅

Poorly...they prepared poorly...then probably made plans on how to switch sides again

Sounds a lot like Trumpalini.

Fun Fact my wife works with Mussolini's great grand niece (Mussolini's brother or sisters great grand daughter

They put their daps on.

The axis power of Italy was unprepared for war

Note, though, at the very end of World War I, the Italian/British/French alliance won the battle of Vittorio Veneto, which was the straw that broke Austria-Hungary's back (along with the surrender of Bulgaria, which left Austria-Hungary wide open from the south). Also, though this is the countdown to war, Italy's disastrous performance in North Africa deserves some attention. The fact is, the Italians didn't really want war all that much in either world war, and suffered accordingly.

@gs7828

Жыл бұрын

At least in the first one we had something to fight for: unconditional unity of Italy and the complete expulsion of Austrian rule over us. WW2 was just BAD, but ofc we had an imperialist government.

@NoName-hg6cc

11 ай бұрын

Italy won at Vittorio Veneto, there were few Entente soldiers

Take away symbols , wait six months

The Fascist were ready for war. *Italy was not*

I read somewhere that Hitler told Mussolini to execute the Jews,Mossolini told Hitler to buger himself.

Spoiler alert: they Didn’t. But it is good to see how they failed

You breeze past a bunch of really important and interesting facts. Hitler went out of his way to ensure that Musolini had no idea the Nazis were about to steamroll through Poland because his lack of respect for the Italian army and Musolini himself. He made sure Italy would not have a chance to do anything to screw up Poland and France.

This was interesting and entertaining. Quite a few things wrong in the video, and could have been forgiven. Funny thing. Don't you think a video about the first fascist dictator, Simon would have defined the word fascist? He never does.

@vulcanmemes9770

Жыл бұрын

What was wrong

@padraigmuldoon4266

Жыл бұрын

He wasn't reading an essay

@rahowherox1177

Жыл бұрын

I'd say coz most vehemently associate fascism (and nazism for that matter) with right wing and defining it - breaks paradigms and upsets folk.

@theawesomeman9821

Жыл бұрын

to this day, no one has a concrete defination of what Fascism is.

@thelordofcringe

Жыл бұрын

@@theawesomeman9821 lol, more like we can't say the real definition because corporate and government cooperation in oppressing the minority party is now the standard way of life in western politics. Mussolini lost the battle and won the war.

Mussolini's imperial ambitions were quite broad, and were well articulated before the war. Specifically he resented British control of both entrances to the Mediterranean Sea (Gibraltar and Suez), referring to them as "the walls of a prison" in speeches. He also wanted to take over the islands of Malta and Corsica, as well as Tunisia, referring to them as "the bars of the prison". He wanted to link up his territories in East Africa and Libya by invading the Sudan, which was controlled by Britain. Unfortunately for him he never really had the naval power to take on the British fleet in the Mediterranean. He also had ambitions of taking over Yugoslavia and Greece, in an attempt to rebuild the Roman Empire. He wanted Spain to become a client state of Italy, something Franco probably wasn't too keen on. Italy's military and industry were completely unprepared for WWII. Almost all of their equipment was obsolete, with them never having started projects for modern fighters or tanks. While Mussolini talked about a "reckoning" for the European democracies, and fully intended to go to war with them at some point, he always imagined that point being well in the future. When Italy signed the Pact of Steel with Germany they were thinking about a war being years away, not months. Thus when Germany kicked off the war in 1939 Italy had barely started mobilising its military, and did not have production lines churning out tanks and other weapons. The start of the war took Mussolini completely by surprise, as Germany had not communicated their intentions. Consequently Italy got their asses handed to them by the allies.

@thelordofcringe

Жыл бұрын

In 1939, Italy's tanks were easily on par with the rest of the world's, and arguably among the best since they were still somewhat useful by 1941, unlike the Panzer 1 and 2. As for their planes, it wasn't at all a design problem, it was a supply problem. They designed and produced some of the finest fighters of the war: but in batches of hundreds, when they needed thousands. And these weren't overengineered, overhyped trash like the Germans wasted their industry on.

Most informative ,interesting documentary coverage video about Mossolini dictatorship authority uprising and dominate on Italian peninsulas & and its North African colonial ( Libya 🇱🇾) ..what was notable that Fascists regime was not successful didactic to removing bad effectiveness of WW1 on economic, society of Italy 🇮🇹 , Mossolini reforming economy foundational processes in industrial & Agricultural fields also weren't successful ..Mossolini Socialist processes , invading of Ethiopian 🇪🇹 empire territory ..hesitated & frightened British suddenly. so British economic conspiracies & sanctions against the Italian peninsula started before WW2...economic capabilities of Italy reduced to half before WW2

That's the neat thing...... They didn't!

Spoiler, we didn't.

There's a contradiction right there: "fascists prepared."

Wasn't Italy both times who actually shot the fires round in the continuous fightings, which led to each of the world wars? September 1911 against the Ottoman empire and October 1935 against the Abyssinia? Both times totally out of the blue, interrupting more than a decade of peace in Europe. The sacred Italian egoism, or so..

@NoName-hg6cc

11 ай бұрын

Oh yeah sure, let's forget the wars around the war waged by France and uk in the early 1900, the Rif Wars, etc...etc... Let's forget Germany was punished by English and French, NOT Italy Oh right, no friends or enemies, only interests for them etc..

Where's the countdown to war Germany

I need a long casual criminalist for work not that 15’minute Christmas crap! We want a John Wayne gacy type episode .

@jrmckim

Жыл бұрын

You're on the wrong channel, mate.

@cd5433

Жыл бұрын

@@jrmckim no I’m not

Italy and the catholic church history are pretty much tied to together I’m sure if the church choose to fight they might have actually have a chance

*pascetti*

Mussolini destroying the Constitution... This looks like a job for Zombie Giuseppe Garibaldi!

A German Joke about Italy in WW2 Did you hear when the Italians joined the war, they said they were going to send 5 Divisions to deal with them, then someone said they're on our side, so Instead we sent 20 Divisions.

@NoName-hg6cc

11 ай бұрын

An Italian joke about Germany: Germans win battles but lose wars Or another: better have Germans as enemies rather than friends!