Therefore, in a letter to Hitler on May 26, he said that the date of entry into the war would be June 5. Hitler immediately replied:

"Deeply moved".

Touched by a fart! Hitler privately said to the generals:

"This letter proves that I will have to be more careful with the Italians when it comes to politics."

It is clear that Mussolini saw this as if he were walking down the streets of Rome. In the beginning, they were timid as rats and did not dare to go into battle; Now, they can't wait to share the spoils. ”

May 28 happened to be the day of the second phase of the German offensive. If Italy had declared war on the same day, it would most likely have led world public opinion to believe that it was Italy's "second front" that finally brought down France, not the "Red Plan." ”

Therefore, Hitler expected Mussolini to postpone the date by three days. He said:

"When the remnants of the French air force are defeated, it will be easier for you to fight."

Mussolini was unceremonious - he postponed it for 5 days.

What was the reaction of the Allies to this Italy that was about to move?

Naturally, it was only natural that Italy should turn to Germany. However, Churchill had a close personal relationship with Mussolini, and he had advised Mussolini not to act rashly, because Churchill was convinced that Hitler was nothing more than a villain.

Once the United States enters the war, the situation will change dramatically. At the same time, he does not hide this thought. In a letter to Mussolini, Churchill used threats and exhortations to test Italy's attitude.

This letter was also published in the European press, and it was the last public appeal of the Central Powers to Italy. But Mussolini refused, and what he always wanted was to beat the French reservoir dogs, and then participate in the partition of France with Germany.

By this time, Italy had already assembled an army group on the French border, with a total of 22 divisions, 325,000 men, about 3,000 artillery pieces and 3,000 mortars.

The French had already withdrawn their elite troops on the border and threw them into the Somme defense line, leaving only six poorly equipped fortress divisions.

Faced with such a weak enemy, the Italian army was slow to attack. The Germans were in a hurry, they could not understand why the Italians were so passive.

Yodel even went to the Italian embassy to inquire about the matter. The general was straight to the point. He asked directly:

"Why don't the Italians act, can you explain this to me?"

The reply of the ambassador to Berlin, Alfilie, was resounding, and he said eloquently:

"Because it's raining heavily ahead!"

Hey, lovely Italian.

Before Italy entered the war, there was a popular joke in the German army:

"In the event of a war, it would be better for Italy to remain neutral, so that it might be able to contain 10 Allied divisions. If it were to join the Allies, Germany would have to defeat it with only 5 divisions, but if it joined the German side, Germany would have to use 20 divisions to protect it.

The irony of all was that this prophecy was fulfilled - the Italian army could not defend itself, either in North Africa or on the mainland. When the Italian campaign broke out in 1943, Germany did commit 21 divisions to protect Italy.

No wonder someone once joked:

"Italy has made a great contribution to the great cause of world anti-fascism......"

Well, without further ado. On June 11, 1940, the Italian army show began.

First of all, there was an overwhelming artillery fire, and 6000 Italian guns began to pour shells. However, these cannons are all old goods left over from the last world war, with a range of only 10 kilometers and a pitiful power. The French troops, hidden within the Maginot Line, were almost unscathed.

The Italian army then began to attack along the Alps, along the Italian coast. As soon as their troops crossed the barbed wire fence on the border, they were immediately met by the French.

The French occupied favorable terrain, while the Italian divisions were crowded in narrow valley lanes and helpless against the French strongholds in the pillboxes.

This kind of fighting lasted for several days, and the Italian army did not force the six weak French divisions to retreat half a step.

If you think about it, the difference between the Alps and fighting is that mountaineering is also a very difficult sport, and the Italian army must attack the French positions on its back, so naturally it will not be able to catch good fruit to eat.

Mussolini's son-in-law, Ziano, wrote in his diary:

"Mussolini is already very humiliated, because our troops have not moved forward. Even to this day they have not been able to advance and have stopped in front of the positions of the first line of French fortifications where resistance was carried out. ”

Mussolini was indifferent to this result, and gave up his military efforts, even brazenly saying:

"I only have to pay the price of a few thousand lives to become the victor of the war and sit at the table of peace and share the dinner of victory."

Ah, shamelessness, if shamelessness can be graded, Mussolini should belong to the highest level.

I can't comment on such a disgusting guy.

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After the German occupation of France, Hitler set out to deal with Britain in northern Europe. In order to avoid war with Britain, Germany made a compromise request to Britain in June 1940, but British Prime Minister Winston Churchill refused.

The Germans had drawn up a plan for the Sea Lion against the British, with a view to conducting a landing operation against the British. The operation planned to land infantry in the south of England and penetrate and occupy London, cutting it off from the outside world, thus occupying LinkedIn in one fell swoop.

However, this operation required the annihilation of British air power first to ensure the smooth operation of the landing. Therefore, Marshal Goering of the German Reich was ordered to annihilate the British air force.

Churchill rejected the goodwill released by Germany, so what did Churchill bring to Britain?

The post-war Britain speaks for itself, the British people abandoned Churchill immediately after the war, and the vast majority of people thought that Churchill was a pure warmonger.

Churchill inflicted no less damage on Britain than Hitler inflicted on Germany.

It is well known that Hitler had a great respect for Britain before, and he believed that the Anglo-Saxons of England had the same noble blood as the Germans, and that his goal was for Germany to rule the land and Britain to rule the sea.

At the beginning of the war, he also handed a peace letter to Britain, and he did not want to use force with Britain at all. Hess, Germany's second-largest man, once flew alone to England to negotiate, but was rejected by Churchill and imprisoned. There are still many people who believe that Hitler deliberately let the British army go at Dunkirk.

Churchill was afraid that after Germany unified Europe, it would be too powerful and Britain would become his vassal, so he rejected Hitler's proposal for peace.

Churchill also had a plan, he wanted to fight a war with Germany, consume a lot of Germany's vital forces, and when Germany suffered huge losses, he would definitely turn around and attack the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front.

This is Churchill's plan to divert the troubles to the east, and the best opportunity to sit on the mountain and watch the two tigers of the Soviet Union and Germany fight.

When the last German soldier killed the last Soviet Yankee, it was the time for Britain to counterattack the European continent, and then British world hegemony would be indestructible.

Good calculation, good bad calculation.

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