Never forget, if Mussolini hadn't been a jackass and invaded Greece, this would have kicked off months earlier and possibly succeeded.https://twitter.com/KyleWOrton/status/1010122910495846400 …
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There is debate about this, but fucking around in the Balkans occupied troops and logistics and potentially delayed the jump off date of Barbarossa. As near-run as things were, two weeks more good summer campaigning weather could have had panzers in Moscow Big for USSR trainspic.twitter.com/kSO6lezxtu
Did Germany help Mussolini invade Greece? Mussolini's forces weren't renowned for their fighting prowess compared to the Germans right?
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Mussolini tried to invade in Oct 1940, was repulsed, tried again in March 1941, failed again, and so the Wehrmacht bailed them out. The Italian military did have a pretty shit record - the North African campaign is the same story, and they caved on the flanks of Stalingrad in 43
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