Although Britain could only exert pressure on the German mainland in the form of strategic bombing for a short time, with the assistance of the United States, Britain was able to stop the plans of Italy and Germany in North Africa, and also retain the largest base for counterattacking the European mainland.

At the same time, in terms of psychological factors, Britain temporarily blocked the sharp spirit of the German offensive, and also broke the Luftwaffe's record of complete victory in the early days of the war, so that Britain's morale could have a slight chance to recover after successive defeats on the European continent.

It is no accident that Britain was able to win the Battle of Britain, after all, the British Empire has colonized the whole world for hundreds of years, how can it not have a little background.

Later analysts believed that Britain was able to win because of these factors: Britain had long foreseen that the key to Britain's survival depended on the struggle for air supremacy.

Therefore, from May 1940 onwards, all measures were taken in a planned and purposeful manner to strengthen air defense, and full preparations were made in terms of the command structure and the deployment of air defense forces.

However, Nazi Germany always harbored the illusion of inducing Britain to make peace, and carried out diplomatic and political activities to lure Britain, and its military preparations were obviously insufficient.

Moreover, the German high command has never had a relatively mature and perfect offensive plan, and the "Sea Lion Plan" was also hastily completed, lacking the necessary research and analysis.

Even after the start of the air raids, Hitler had always dreamed of forcing Britain into submission by means of air raids, and did not make serious and thorough preparations for landing operations.

An even more serious mistake was that Germany issued the "Sea Lion Plan" on July 16, but decided to attack the Soviet Union on July 31.

From the perspective of national strength, Nazi Germany was inferior to Britain in terms of resource reserves and international space, and if it could not defeat Britain and replenish it before its strategic resources were exhausted, it would be bound to repeat the mistakes of World War I.

Germany's top brass also knows this, and by occupying LinkedIn, it can greatly increase the difficulty of Allied landings in Europe.

The occupation of the Soviet Union and its resources (such as the Caucasus oil fields) would give it the strength to fight the Allies in a long time, both of which were too difficult for Germany.

The Sea Lion Project ended in a crushing defeat for the Luftwaffe, with Germany losing half of its planes and 10,000 good pilots.

Such losses are enormous, and they are irreparable in the short term, especially the loss of pilots.

Rommel had known the outcome of the Sea Lion Project for a long time, and while the rest of the German army was preparing to cross the sea, Rommel continued to train for multi-arm joint operations.

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At this time, the funny and cute Italian army appeared again:

In 40 years, Germany swept Western Europe with a blitzkrieg, and its Axis partner Italy also wanted to create a "miracle of war" of its own.

Italian dictator Benito Mussolini intended to use the newly conquered Albania as a springboard to conquer the small Balkan country of Greece, which he estimated would take only a few weeks to achieve and hold a "victory parade" in Athens.

The Greeks did not give Mussolini "a little face", they had to teach the invaders a hard lesson with stubborn resistance.

As early as June 1940, when Germany was about to defeat France, Italy, which had taken advantage of the fire, also declared war on France, thus seizing 832 square kilometers of French land when the peace treaty was concluded with France.

Mussolini, who had tasted the sweetness, was determined to make another "big deal" and show his German allies his "skills", and he set his sights on Greece.

At that time, Italy had annexed Albania and gained a foothold in the Balkans, and Mussolini wanted to seize the ports of Greece.

In order to form a horn with the colony of Libya on the southern shore of the Mediterranean, and consolidate Italy's "great power status".

At first, Italy tried to force Greece to accept the demand for ceded territory by means of war intimidation, but the Greek government flatly refused and sought British military aid.

Seeing that diplomacy had failed to achieve his goal, Mussolini forced the Italian army to prepare for an offensive on October 28 of that year, which coincided with the anniversary of the 1922 anniversary of his fascist efforts to seize supreme power in Italy.

Unexpectedly, his political decision was opposed by the majority of the Italian generals, and the Chief of the General Staff, Marshal Badoglio, said that the mobilization of the army would take time. (Historically, this man led the coup d'état that overthrew Mussolini 3 years later)

It would take at least 20 army divisions to deal with a country as powerful as Greece, but now as many as 500,000 soldiers have been temporarily demobilized and returned to the countryside to help with the autumn harvest.

There will always be some accomplices of the dictator, the commander of the Italian 25th Army in Albania, Visconti? Lieutenant General Poraska had long hoped to accumulate merit through a military victory, obtain the post of chief of the General Staff, and oust the old fellow Badoglio.

He arrived in Rome on 15 October and actively lobbied Mussolini, with Porsaca declaring:

"It only takes three Italian divisions to penetrate the heart of Greece, and in less than two weeks, the Greek government will surrender on its knees, and the ancient Romans have conquered Greece through four wars, and we must have done a better job than our predecessors."

Eventually, Mussonili accepted Bollaska's advice and launched a Greek campaign on 28 October, with the 25th Army under Bolaska's command.

The total strength is about 85,000 troops, equipped with 163 tanks, more than 600 artillery pieces and 187 aircraft.

On the Greek side, on the other hand, only the 8th Infantry Division under the command of Major General Casimitros was on the front line.

The West Macedonian cluster (divisional) and the Bandus regiment are responsible for the support and flank cover tasks, with a total strength of only 30,000 troops, and a lack of heavy weapons such as tanks and howitzers, and the air force is basically an ornament.

The Italian invasion of Greece with 85,000 men and the fact that Greece had only 30,000 troops shocked the eyes of all war analysts.

The Italian army paid the price of 15,000 casualties, as many as more than 80 tanks and more than 300 artillery pieces became the spoils of the Greek army, while the latter suffered only more than 4,900 casualties.

Historians note that from a military point of view, Italy's defeat was, first of all, Mussolini's political ambitions interfering with the normal process of military decision-making.

When he asked the Italian General Staff to draw up a plan for the invasion of Greece, the preparation time given was only two weeks, but it would take three months, including the replenishment of new troops and the arrival of seaborne troops to Albania (this is still an ideal state for Albanian ports to operate at full capacity).

Even more bizarrely, Mussolini refused to accept the advice of his advisers, who had warned Mussolini that Italy did not have enough strength to wage a war of aggression and that to invade a country like Greece, the Italian army needed at least 20 divisions, but at that time it could only assemble a maximum of 8 divisions.

Ironically, Mussolini launched a second invasion in March 1941, and despite the superiority of the Italian army in terms of strength and equipment, it still suffered a crushing defeat.

If it weren't for the fact that Greece did not have its own military industry, the Greek army would have exhausted the captured Italian ammunition, and perhaps the Italians would have been driven out of Albania completely.

Obviously, Mussolini, who wanted to be a "fascist leader," became a "fascist laughing stock" in vain in front of the heroic Greek soldiers and civilians.

In a word, it's shameful to sell cuteness.

Mussolini, who was beaten all over the ground and looking for teeth, urgently asked Hitler for help, and the war belonging to Rommel was coming......

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