Why did Italy fail miserably during WWII?

Much of Italy's problems during World War Two were caused by previous issues. During the 'Mad Scramble for Africa', Italy had gotten the bad colonies; Libya, Eritrea and Somali. read more

Much of Italy’s problems during World War Two were caused by previous issues. During the ‘Mad Scramble for Africa’, Italy had gotten the bad colonies; Libya, Eritrea and Somali. read more

Winston Churchill had long regarded southern Europe as the military weak spot of the continent (in World War I he had advocated the Dardanelles campaign, and during World War II he favoured the Balkans as an area of operations, for example in Greece in 1940). read more