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In October 1940, Benito Mussolini declared war on Greece. Attempts by the Italian Army to invade Greece ended in failure. The war was also going badly in North Africa. Although outnumbered, General Archibald Wavell ordered a British counter-offensive on 9th December, 1940. The Italians suffered heavy casualties and were pushed back more than 800km (500 miles). British troops moved along the coast and on 22nd January, 1941, they captured the port of Tobruk in Libya from the Italians.
The loss of Sicily created serious problems for Benito Mussolini. It was now clear that the Allies would use the island as a base for invading Italy. A meeting of the Fascist Grand Council was held on 24th July and Galaezzo Ciano got support for his idea that Italy should sign a separate peace with the Allies. The following day Victor Emmanuel III told Mussolini he was dismissed from office. His successor, Pietro Badoglio, declared martial law and placed Mussolini under arrest.
"in his first post he portrayed Italians as victims of Nazi-fascist when their own government was fascist"
"Antonio go back to your first post and edit Nazi-fascism to fascism."
"The only success the Italian army had was versus small African countries"
Btw this site is gold when it comes to history.
Italians were fascists
Bush is America. America voted him to be their leader and he is your leader. Respect that.
Man just immagine over 20 millions guys died in Russia to defend Russia from Nazi's.
Antonio please tell me what the King of Italy was doing when Mussolini created a pact with Hitler ?If Mussolini was a dictator he would have killed King Victor Emmanuel III. Mussolini was a servant of the King.
Quote from: Antonio on June 05, 2004, 04:04:54 PMBush is America. America voted him to be their leader and he is your leader. Respect that.Correct that, Bush lost the popular election, only the third president to do so and still be president. He lost by over half a million votes, but won the electoral college, which I've been saying we need to take out for years, but that's a whole 'nother thread all together.
lol@america saved italy. lol it's right, italy couldnt do shit against the nazis. but then again, america just saved itself. if america had not joined the war, the usa would probably speak german too by now lol. so please dont act like if americans loved italians/europeans that much that they thought "let's save them".