Notes
- Italians decide to try and establish themselves by attacking the Greeks
- They are unsuccessful
- Choose bad time of year in October
- Germans have to bail them out ‘Operation Marita’
- Also attack Yugoslavia with ‘Operation Punishment’
- Detrimental because it delays Operation Barbarossa, the attack on Russia
Summary
Italians wanted to get involved in the war (bad at war). The goal was to attack Greece, but they had to go through Yugoslavia, which caused problems for Italians, and needed the Germans help.
Quote
"War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have the courage to make it." - Mussolini
subjunctive question
Could have the Germans and the Italians taken over the world if it wasn't for the Italians being awful at war?