19351012, Mussolini delivered a speech, clamoring for "resolutely punishing Ethiopia". This is actually Italy's declaration of war against Ethiopia. On the morning of October 3rd, 65438/kloc-0, Italy declared war. 300,000 Italian troops set out from Eritrea and Somalia, Italy, and launched a large-scale attack on Ethiopia in three ways in an attempt to occupy the whole of Ethiopia in one fell swoop. A total of 650,000 Italian troops occupied Ethiopia in a year with the help of planes, tanks, poison gas and fascist Germany. 194 1 year, Ethiopian guerrillas with extremely poor equipment drove away hundreds of thousands of Italian troops, and Ethiopia regained its independence. This is the first time that German, Italian and Japanese fascists were completely driven out of a country in World War II.
Planes and cannons can't beat Ethiopia's broadswords and spears, so there is only one in Italy.
1On April 7th, 939, 40,000 Italian invaders suddenly occupied the important ports and airports in Albania, and the king of Albania fled to Greece with his newborn prince.
1940 June 10, Italy officially declared war on Britain and France. On June 2 1 day, more than 24 Italian divisions crossed the border between Italy and France in three ways. They attacked in two directions, crossing the Alps and attacking Nice along the Mediterranean. The Italian army has an absolute advantage of six to one over the French army stationed in the mountains of southern France. Later, due to the cold weather in the Alps, Italian troops attacked Nice. More than 24 Italian divisions paid a lot of casualties, about 5,000 people, while only 40 people were killed, 84 people were injured and 150 people were missing.
1940-08-05 Italy invaded British Somalia. One hundred thousand troops in East Africa were wiped out by less than ten thousand British.
1940 September 13 Italy invaded Egypt. North Africa lost 5-0/kloc, but the whole line collapsed. The 5,000-strong Italian army met a roadblock set up by a British company and disarmed on the spot. The Chief of Staff of the British Army asked how many prisoners the tanks had captured on the radio, and the answer was 1 mu of officers and 9 mu of soldiers.
1940 65438+1October 28th Italy invaded Greece. Italian soldiers unanimously said that we can't attack because Greece has Finnish troops (Finnish soldiers beat the Soviets badly in the winter war in Sufen). Mussolini then asked Finland to withdraw its troops from Greece. After investigation in Finland, it was found that only three Finnish soldiers and three officers were volunteers in Greece, so he replied to Mussolini that the so-called army had only six volunteers. Mussolini was very angry and sent a telegram to Finland: I mean these people!
The French also erected a road sign on the Italian-French border: Greeks, stop, this is already French territory.
1941April 1 1 Italy attacked yugoslavia.
A German officer captured by Yugoslav guerrillas was very surprised and asked, "Where did you get the anti-tank gun?" When the guerrillas told him that they had taken it from their ally, the Italians, he was very excited: "Alas! These lovely Italians. "
On June 22nd, 194 1, followed the Germans to attack the Soviet Union.
1942 12, Soviet Italy was attacked by Soviet troops on the Don River and immediately abandoned all equipment and retreated. 5438+065438+ 10 The Romanian army, which suffered the same attack and was poorly equipped, persisted in fighting for several days.
Moreover, in June 5438+10, the Romanian army put forward the proposal of taking the initiative to attack when the Soviet offensive stopped, but it was not implemented because of the supply problem. The Italian army has never put forward such constructive suggestions.