The partition of the Czech Republic by Germany and Hungary shocked the world, but it did not seem to have led to war. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In fact, as early as when Germany took the Sudetenland and Britain and France acquiesced, Hitler, who was still in power at the time, had already decided that Britain and France would never easily break out into war with Germany!

It is precisely because of this that Hitler's successor is now the closest person to Hitler at that time, and naturally he knows very well what the British **** will choose after the annexation of the Czech Republic!

This time, apparently Rudolph? Hess was right!

His bloodless victory over Czechoslovakia was not only a simple matter of expanding Germany's territory again, but more importantly, it was the first major event he did after taking over as head of state, and it was also the most important thing for him to establish prestige among the people!

While Hess was still basking in the joy of annexing the Czech Republic, two men were sitting on a sofa discussing something equally important in a mansion in Rome, Italy.

"Our allies have just taken the Czech Republic, and we should do something about it."

The one who speaks is the law. West. The founder of Italy, the dictator of Italy, he is Benito? Mussolini!

"Father-in-law, we should indeed do something, otherwise, the new head of German will look down on us! You know, we're supposed to be leaders! We should have taken the initiative, the Germans could only cooperate with us! ”

Mussolini's son-in-law, who was also the founder of the Berlin-Rome Axis Alliance, and Italy's Foreign Minister Galeazzo? Ziano hurriedly said.

"Hitler was a capable man, I admired him, but unfortunately he died! However, this Hess, I don't think it's very good, this time Germany was able to take the Czech Republic, it can only be said that it was his luck, it just so happened that Britain and France did not declare war on Germany. ”

"That's why it's all the more important for us to do something big, and it's all the more for us to make our allies know that we're stronger than them!"

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Mussolini was different from Hitler, he was different from Hess, and his Italy was even more different from Germany!

Although Germany is also a dictatorship, many times in many matters, the result will still be reached through public discussion, but Italy is completely different, Italy is simply Mussolini's word, he has even abolished the Italian parliament, and several important cabinet ministers are held by him personally!

Mussolini and Ziano had a brief discussion, and then a decision was made - Italy wanted to take Albania!

Because of the existence of the Italian-Argentine Treaty of Amity and Security and the Treaty of Alliance Defense, and the fact that King Sogu I of Albania relied on the support of Italy to stage a coup d'état and eventually come to power, it is only natural that Mussolini and Ziano thought that this was the best goal!

Thus, a diplomatic operation took the lead.

On March 25, the Italian envoy Jacomoni came to Albania with Mussolini's order, demanding that Albania accept Italy's 'protection', allow Italy to have a full presence in Albania, and use all Albanian ports and military bases unconditionally.

Obviously, such a request was impossible for Sogu I to agree to, which was tantamount to handing over the kingdom he had built with great difficulty to others!

The first diplomatic operation was declared a complete failure.

However, Mussolini did not give up, and soon, an opportunity presented itself again.

On April 3, Sogu I's son was born, and Italian Foreign Minister Ziano flew from Rome to Albania to celebrate, but then Ziano again brought the order that Jacomoni had brought once.

Obviously, this time, he also failed, Sogu I would not hand over Albania, he was a man who started with a coup d'état, and he only had a sense of security with a gun in his hand.

When Ziano left Albania, he deliberately agreed with Sogu I, and said that he would not make similar demands again, only hoping that in the event of war, Albania would abide by the treaty between the two countries.

Ziano's words convinced Sogu I.

However, what Sogu I did not expect was that just four days after Ziano returned to Italy, Italy suddenly sent an army of 40,000 to capture all the important ports and airports of Albania almost overnight!

There was only a brief exchange of fire, and after the Italian army killed nearly a thousand Albanian soldiers at the cost of 200 casualties, Albania effectively surrendered completely.

Late that night, King Sogu I of Albania fled to Greece with his newborn son, and then to England.

On April 12, the Albanian Constituent Assembly announced that the King of Italy would also be King of Albania, and that Mussolini's Italy had completed the annexation of Albania.

Italy succeeded, which Mussolini was extremely proud of, and he immediately told the German Führer Rudolf, who was far away in Berlin, about it. Hess.

Rudolph? Hess was a harsh praise for Mussolini, of course, but in reality, almost all of the German top brass was full of disdain for Italy and Mussolini!

Look at Czechoslovakia, which Germany took a month ago, it was a real sovereign country, it was a country that had always had a grudge with Germany, and it was the real ability to take such a country without blood.

But what about Italy?

Mussolini's Italy annexed a country that was itself vassal, and even if it did, they would have paid for the lives of two hundred warriors!

Originally, Mussolini would have thought that this incident should be able to make the Germans realize how powerful their Italy is, but he would never have thought that this incident would make Italy's image even more worthless in the eyes of the German high-level, especially the German military!

With this so-called 'proud record', Mussolini and his son-in-law began to negotiate a new treaty with Germany to replace the Berlin-Rome Axis Alliance.

The new treaty of alliance had to give Italy more benefits, which was Mussolini's ultimate goal, and Ziano, as foreign secretary, naturally became the implementer of this idea!

Even before the official meeting between Germany and Italy, Ziano had already thought of the name of the new German-Italian relationship: "German-Italian Steel Alliance!" ”