Mussolini's military expenditures in Libya, Somalia, Ethiopia and Albania made Italy predominant in the Mediterranean region, though they exhausted his armed forces by the late 1930s. read more
Mussolini didn’t start off as Hitler’s ally. Until the Munich agreement, France and England thought Mussolini could be recruited as an ally AGAINST Hitler. Mussolini thought that England and France were weak, and was prepared to give Hitler whatever he wanted. That’s why he gravitated toward Hitler and signed the Pact of Steel. read more