To compound the humiliation, almost 4,000 Italians were captured, and they were the ones invading.Ī disgusted Italian general, Quirino Armellini, complained in his diary about “the disorder, lack of preparation, and muddle in every sphere.” He added: “Someone will say: Fifteen days we must be ready to march against Yugoslavia or in eight days we will attack Greece from Albania-as easily as saying, let’s have a cup of coffee.
The French lost some 120 killed or wounded and 150 missing, while Italy suffered 631 dead, 2,631 wounded, 616 missing, and 2,151 frostbite cases. When he stuck the dagger in France’s back to get a seat at a peace conference, it was Italy that bled more. His participation in World War II had thus far won him all of 13 villages in the southern French Alps. In the autumn of 1940, Benito Mussolini was a frustrated would-be Caesar. While Mussolini’s two attempts to invade Greece were farcical and the Nazis had to finish the job, the campaigns ultimately proved disastrous for every country involved.
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