Why Italy Joined World War II and Why It Was a Disaster

[@CallMeEzekiel]

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[@kaydengoh6290]

NEVER! I will never download world of tanks! I will only BUY world of tanks!

[@30cal23]

around 25:00 can you release the italians singing "my pants are soaked with piss" as a ringtone? thats funny as hell

[@ThePanEthiopian]

Tnx man

[@occam7382]

If only Enrico Caviglia had been in charge this whole time. He wouldn't have let any of this madness occur.

[@fazliRama-v7i]

In minute 10:08 there an error to the italian translation mine in italian its 'mio' but that a minor error and the video is beatiful

[@advaitdhoundiyal435]

Fun fact: Greece had no tanks before the invasion Fun fact no.2: Greece made a tank division from captured italian tanks

[@esequieltrindade9244]

They did in fact had tanks but was mostly a rag tag of ww1 and interwar armor

[@arwing20]

Sounds likes the aftermath of Ruzzias failed 2022 offensive towards Kyiv. They left behind so many vehicles in the aftermath, it more than made up for losses that Ukraine had suffered during the entirety of that year

[@skyninjaslayer337]

@@arwing20😂

[@jaredelizardo201]

​@arwing20 yeah but Italy only had there small ass tanketts&light tanks cuz those r in the anime gup aka Girls und panzer yes eventually a Italian maded Heavy Tank the PM40 was seen in it but in reality there were only 40 of those built in all so that one is a war surviver cuz not a lot of them left of original 40 I believe only 5 left in the world so yeah unlike Russia today Italy then relied on those tanketss&light tanks more that's why they sucked in WW2 Russia Has no tanketts light tanks & medium one's heavy I'm not sure but there situation us the same as WW2 was cuz no real Medium tanks Now Russia then there Absolute Best Medium Tanks were the T34/76 & T34/84 version's Hell yeah kicked Nazi Ass

[@jaredelizardo201]

​​@@arwing20I ment too say Yes&isn't#after saying tanketts & situation!

[@red_amoguss]

“I can take Greece.” - Someone who clearly did not take Greece

[@HonorTheMan]

"'Tis but a scratch." - Again, someone who clearly did not take Greece

[@RandomIdiot-xf4lg]

"yes. But at least I can win against the Brits" -someone who lost brutally to Britain.

[@CcpCcp-sk6dt]

The Roman’s:Your a disappointment

[@cameronballz6154]

"Nah I'd win" -the guy who didn't win

[@SirEatsmapping]

“We are a strong military force”- someone who nearly lost Albania to a nation way smaller than his

[@xenamorphwinner7931]

Good job Mussolini, Your disastrous plan for Greece gave us best history/countryball meme, which culminated on Eziekiel’s channel creating a brief musical of your situation.

[@ElectroBoi9000]

The song has existed for years.

[@xenamorphwinner7931]

@ The original is about food, not politics if I remember correctly

[@xenamorphwinner7931]

@@ElectroBoi9000 Actually, change what I said: kzbin.info/www/bejne/joiTiGqgZZmciLMsi=mvNPoixJzkCt88ET

[@ElectroBoi9000]

@@xenamorphwinner7931 the remix of the song he used in the video is from 6 years ago the original video on youtube is titled "WW2 Italy Song"

[@xenamorphwinner7931]

@ Oh, okay

[@NightlyHold]

You forgot to mention the incredibly funny fact that in the battle of Crete, the rowdy and Florida-man-like Cretan locals, attacked the Germans with pitchforks and guns from museusm

[@jaredjosephsongheng372]

Yeah the Battle of Crete was awesome and it was such a disaster for the Germans but British Military Incompetence paved their way to victory this time.

[@XXXTENTAClON227]

@@jaredjosephsongheng372blaming the British 😂😂😂

[@jaredjosephsongheng372]

@@XXXTENTAClON227 Hey, I mean why did they abandon the Airport for no reason? That almost certainly led to the Luftwaffe establishing Free reign to bombard Crete to dust

[@jaredelizardo201]

​​​​@@jaredjosephsongheng372that's this Dumbass problem he's pro British#so if u point out the failure of the UK in Crete he calls it British Bashing/Blameing#He can't handle the Truth!#Well the truth isn't a shade of Gray it is black and white deal with Bitch!#and grow a pair talking about @XXXTENTACION227

[@snake45aiman]

and didn't help german paratrooper jump without their primary weapon and only carry handgun

[@Obie1g5]

27:52 Germany: Aurora borealis. Italy: Aurora borealis? At this time of year? At this time day? In this part of europe ? Localized entirely in Romania ? Germany: yes Italy: may i see it? Germany: no.

[@robertdowling4673]

I wish fallout nv was never released

[@occam7382]

HAHAHA! Holy sh*t, this is exactly what I thought when I saw that reference! That is absolutely amazing!

[@jadentoonsyt5309]

What could POSSIBLY go wrong? - Benito Mussolini

[@pomodorino479]

so funny😒

[@The_whales]

Turns out, everything

[@INLIGHTOFHISTORTYANDOTHE-px7mf]

Italian social republic

[@fiorino4554]

​@@pomodorino479frate basta con il copium Dobbiamo ammettere i nostri errori altrimenti saremmo dannati a ripeterli

[@FPSGuyVR]

Famous last words

[@LordPidgeon]

Two of my great grandads fought in north africa against the allies. One managed to retire with the army in 1943. When Italy surrendered and the Germans invaded they started hunting down soldiers, so he had to hide becoming a fireman. The other was captured near Tobruk and sent to a British prison camp. He said that the conditions were terrible, prisoners were often beated, left dirty and near starvation. Only when the americans came and took control to the camp things improved, with the prisoners being allowed to shave and clean and a more humane treatment. Until the day of his death he hold a great sens of respect toward americans and a huge hate towards british.

[@racheljones5616]

I wonder how nice the Americans would have been to him if America had been invaded. Your great grandads were on the wrong side of history and died with hate in their hearts.

[@AlvorReal]

Entirely fair, lol.

[@danieleyre8913]

That sounds like BS. Americans were generally more brutal to captured enemy soldiers than the British were.

[@w1lrand3.]

British camps were far kinder to pows than the americans. Germans were given significant respect in them

[@LordPidgeon]

@@w1lrand3. They were italians

[@RuzgarYldrm-zj9ec]

" if mussolını stays out of war then he would have a strong hand at the peace deal but if he decides to play ceaser that would be the end of him" - Ataturk while spaking to general mc arthur ( this quote was taken from mac arthurs diary )

[@GanyuSimpingDegenerate]

"So, general, how is the invasion of Greece going?" "You mean the defense of Albania?"

[@kenmasters2034]

Benito Mussolini : I will drink my coffee in Athens by afternoon... One random Greek coffee shop owner: Someone tell Mussolini his coffee gets cold... (True story😂)

[@Heylanda-fb9xb]

There's more. During a brief period of Italian occupation of Epirus. A huge statue of Mussolini was erected marking the first step of their 'swift' conquest of Greece. However, when the Greek recapture it and took the statue. The local craftsman re-sculp the whole thing and made the that Il Duce statue where an underwear instead. Unfortunately. After the German took over, the Italian soldier return to destroy it.

[@TonyGModesto]

This story is also attributed to Madrid during the Spanish Civil War, with a Madrid coffee shop owner sarcastically leaving a cup of coffee out for General Franco, who bragged that he would drink coffee on the Grand Via by the next morning. When the Nationalist assault on the city was defeated, the coffee owners quote that ‘tell the General his coffee is getting cold’ made the rounds in the newspapers. It could be that the Athenian was making a deliberate reference, or it could be a coincidentally similar joke.

[@Cancoillotteman]

Another was on the French - Italian border in the Alps : the soldiers there raised a banner on which could be read : "Greek friends please stop here, this is French territory"

[@maryhough8041]

To be a fly on the wall during Adolf and Benito’s conversations💀

[@benjackson1454]

Hitler: I am possessed by the spirit of an Aryan super man from antiquity! Benito: Gee wiz, another front can't possibly go that badly for us, can it?

[@feastguy101]

You can read Ciano’s diary, it’s illuminating.

[@eybaza6018]

Hitler was a mainstream science supporter when compared to Himmler​@@benjackson1454

[@maryhough8041]

@@benjackson1454 I imagine he said something along the lines of "Ya ya mustache man, now how bout we take a look at the Sahara"

[@peppe4044]

As Italian I love this piece of art, I have only a thing to say. In minute 10:00 you wrote Miniera, in italian it means mine like a coal mine or an iron mine. The mine you intended in italian is Mio. Thank for your beautiful video. Sorry for my bad english.

[@loyalpiper]

Your English is fine.

[@benjackson1454]

Nothing wrong at all with how you said what you said friend.

[@CallMeEzekiel]

Google translate fails us again As others have said your English is excellent

[@peppe4044]

@@CallMeEzekiel Thank you

[@gianlupopalmizzi9426]

if we want to be picky we have to say it's "Mia" as we are referring to Austria, a word that in Italian is feminine

[@jaredjosephsongheng372]

We are itching closer to the climax. 1941 looms closer, Yugoslavia is being pressured to sign the Tripartite Pact, Italy getting embarrassed as usual and Greece holding out against all odds. Just like Winston Churchill said "We will not say that the Greeks fight like heroes, we will instead say that the heroes fight like Greeks."

[@jaredjosephsongheng372]

@@uykusuzpod Glazing what? I'm just referencing a Historical Event

[@KaidenSanchez-e1p]

Pov your Greece 🇬🇷 "ok so the Italians are attacking us, what do we do... ow right there Italians, we got this"

[@pomodorino479]

who won in the end?

[@Kārlis-o6i]

​​@@pomodorino479Technicaly the Italians did lose in the end.

[@pomodorino479]

@@Kārlis-o6i Greece fell into axis hands

[@Kārlis-o6i]

@pomodorino479 ye but in the end the axis lost

[@pomodorino479]

@@Kārlis-o6i I am talking about the greek campaign, not the war as a whole

[@michael120.]

by the end of this video, going over the italian campaigns of north africa, greece, and the fall of yugoslavia.. i can only sense that the next episode will be on operation barbarossa. get hyped.

[@CallMeEzekiel]

👀

[@runajain5773]

And north african campaign

[@spartanx9293]

2:39 that's not a light tank it's a tanket you can tell by its distinct lack of a cannon and the sad noises made by Whoever has to crew it

[@robertdowling4673]

Italy really saved the world. Had they been more competent. The axis might of stood a better chance at winning. Thank you Italy for your service to humanity.

[@cjgmz781]

The axis stood no chance of winning, there's nothing italy could have done to save them, and if they waited until Italy was ready, Germany must likely wouldn't have broken france.

[@robertdowling4673]

@@cjgmz781 If Italy had a good military they would have kicked the British out of north Africa and potentially led to Britain signing a negotiated settlement with the axis.

[@CcpCcp-sk6dt]

@@robertdowling4673nope I think in my opinion the still would have lose if Italy was doing good the US still would have rekt them and the USSR would have still would have taken Berlin would the Italians be there to help them NO because the Soviets would have destroyed Italy due to there big army and how fast they could make tanks unlike Germany and Italy they could not produce faster than the Soviets plus the axis allies in the Balkans would have switched sides due there fear of USSR and America would have still done better in the western front and Pacific Edit:There is no commas or even periods so it might be weird to read

[@Kaiserboo1871]

@@CcpCcp-sk6dt The Italians could have made the war last WAAAAY longer than it did IRL if they were competent.

[@markgarrett3647]

Actually they would've saved everyone from WWII had they not cooperated with the Anschluss of Austria to Germany.

[@IHaveNeverReadHegel]

‘When informed of Italy’s formal alliance with Germany, Italo Balbo exclaimed "You will all wind up shining the shoes of the Germans"’

[@Outlier2024]

The Italian soldiers were totally unmotivated and believed the Germans used them as cannon fodder.

[@def3ndr887]

Weirdly enough the Italians that were left after Op Compass we’re led by Erwin Rommel and in his account he noted that the Italians were fiercer than his own men when led correctly.

[@arwing20]

Well, they kinda did. Threw them under the bus in both Africa and the Eastern Front

[@Ooflord39]

Somewhat understandable Something the germans said was that italian troops were better under german command than italian command

[@randomitalian909]

​@@arwing20 in africa it was simply rommel being incompetent like always, but in the eastern front you cant blame the germans for fleeing, they took HEAVY losses even when retreating, can you imagine if they stood behind to let the unmechanized slow italian foot soldiers retreat while waves of russian troops were approaching in mass? and this is an italian saying that

[@kaltaron1284]

@@randomitalian909 Most of the German infantry wasn't mechanized either. Africa was a logistical nightmare without control of the Mediterranean which Italy could have helped with. Probably needing help with fuel though. But the Axis weren't exactly great when it comes to cooperation and coordination.

[@shawnlam3109]

Seeing this perspective of the war, I actually feel bad for the Italians, because holy hell, this is stressful.

[@GoofusPlays]

The backdrop of the world war could have been a great opportunity for Italy actually. They could have gotten a lot of what they wanted without even fighting in the world war. But it was bungled massively by leadership

[@bizzaroid2021]

Everyone was playing Hoi4 while italy was playing 5D checkers on crack

[@jordandino417]

When the mountains speak Greek…

[@mattyvonlong-schlong4433]

lol

[@slipspace8303]

Nice. Love learning about history

[@sarpyasar5893]

You know you are not prepared for war when even a guy who made a 42 minute long video on why your entry into war is a disaster couldn’t even spared enough time to explain the sup par equipment most of your army have.

[@giacomoromano8842]

He mentioned the fact that their equipment was out of date and that they were not properly equipped multiple times my guy.

[@r9g411]

Italy: let’s invade Greece! 1 second later Italy: GErManY hELp!1!!!1!!!1!

[@pomodorino479]

how original

[@FishwicksREAL]

pomodorino coping in this comment section Lol

[@germanomosconi9888]

literally what the Greeks did to the British before the Italians arrived

[@ImJustSomeCanadian]

I swear, every time Yout talk about the subscribers. Even though I'm 99% confident that I'm subscribed, I still check just to make sure. I'm really glad I am this time!

[@Tyler-gg6xt]

Thanks!

[@CallMeEzekiel]

You are welcome

[@imabitmid]

i love that you added brazil in, who had a major job in the italian campaign

[@GabrielAraujo-pv2rt]

🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@rainmanslim4611]

So, if Italy focussed entirely on Africa and replaced their Timid commanders with aggressive go-getters, they could've been a real major combatant in the war. Instead of the hapless joke they really were.

[@def3ndr887]

And potentially could’ve legitimately forced Britain into peace talks, again…

[@marcorocchi6758]

The problem was they still believed and used WW1 tactics. Heck, winning in Ethiopia made believe they were still effective (same happened in with the Regia Aeronautica) while in reality they were fighting an undersupplied and weaker army

[@themaskedmysadaean8885]

They could've been contenders... instead of bums, which is what they were.

[@TyronBezzina]

if they captured malta and allowed rommel to recieve supplies, then even that was a step up

[@anonimo2932]

You know, when your commanders are made of nobles, people with a political liason, generals that only learn in accademics and not on the field and the political clime make you lose your job if you do something you shouldn't have done... there were no go-getters in the army. The german had a more freedom to manouver, a commander could try to take initiative on his own and not get punished, in italy was not possible.

[@manu987nc7]

I'm french, I study the Italian invasion of France by the Italian in ww2, the maginot line did so his job there. After the war we even claim some mountains and villager

[@smal750]

It was just an incredibly dumb move from the italians

[@claudiocalabrese3865]

You know what also did its job well? The Alpine Wall, it was able to stop De Gaulle and his gigantic ego and superiority complex (common trait amongst Frenchmen) who wanted to annex the Italian region of the Aosta Valley, during the brief and often forgotten second battle of the Alps, the French managed many importante achievements, as you said, they got beaten up by the exhausted German-Italian forces, and even managed to annoy the partisans so much that they decided to unite forces with the Fascists (only time during WW2) just to repel the French back into baguette land, of course Mr. Charles was butthurt he couldn’t get his moment of glory, so he cried to the US to give them that part of Italy, reasonably, the US answered back that the French should learn to take their places, and if they kept acting like the brat they were they would have lost their territories in Africa, only then the French did a favour to the world and finally decided to shut up and accept they only “won” WW2 thanks to the Allies, and had less than no voice at the table.

[@smal750]

@@claudiocalabrese3865 lol shitalians tried to attack france when it was at its weakest point ever and still got absolutely DOGWALKED LMAO france lost to germany which had the strongest military in the world while italy got absolutely DOGWALKED by greece and ethiopia LMAO you were the ones who were saved by germany every single time (and still absolutely shamelessly betrayed them again ) LMAO italy is by far the weakest and most irrelevant country in europe since forever and has absolutely no right to say anything LOL + france saved italy from being erased by austria talk better to your father.

[@smal750]

@@claudiocalabrese3865 lol sh*talians tried to attack france when it was at its weakest point ever and still got absolutely DOGWALKED LMAO france lost to germany which had the strongest military in the world while italy got absolutely DOGWALKED by greece and ethiopia LMAO you were the ones who were saved by germany every single time (and still absolutely shamelessly betrayed them again ) LMAO italy is by far the weakest and most irrelevant country in europe since forever and has absolutely no right to say anything LOL + france saved italy from being erased by austria talk better to your father.

[@UnknownTuber450]

1:49 If I am to recall Carl Schmidt, the reason the Germans or at least that one particular party KZbin would smith me for saying consider not just the Italians but Hungarian, Romanians, Bulgarians and others was his Concept of the Political. "The specific political distintion to which political actions and motives can be reduced is that between friend and enemy" (Schmidt 1932). According to him what determines a friend or enemy is their interests and how they align with your own and your people.

[@feastguy101]

Italy’s problems in Africa weren’t so much a matter of men or weapons, but of supply. Graziani stopped in Sidi Barrani because he lacked the means to supply his force through the long desert trek. Ironically, Italian numerical superiority worked against them. The logistics just weren’t there.

[@lendasgamer4403]

1:34 Oh look, the Smoking Snakes are here.

[@EliMillhiser-w7q]

RISE

[@gabrielmachadovieira__1075]

BR save our small and at the same time great country 🙌. Together we fight against oppressive forces. Greetings to all of you, brothers, including Italy 🇮🇹 which was also a victim of other people's authoritarianism ✌️🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇧🇷 🇪🇺 ✌️LATAM 🇪🇸 🇲🇽 🇦🇷🇵🇾...

[@imabitmid]

W sabaton and w brazil

[@silversnakeproductions3241]

Making so much quality content, thank you very much.

[@thatoneguyiii1003]

“I can take Greece” -Someone who cannot take Greece

[@luca_history]

The Axis if Germany communicated with its allies:

[@runajain5773]

That is disadvantage among axis they even communicate each other they own lead disasterous if german inform italian then italian never new front and hemant have communication japan then japan never decorar war on usa and usa never jump into ww2

[@fiorino4554]

12:06 miniera? Im pretty sure you meant "mio" Miniera is where miners go

[@CallMeEzekiel]

Google translate fails us once again

[@fiorino4554]

​@@CallMeEzekielrelatable

[@giacomoromano8842]

To be fair, "mine" means both "mio" and "miniera" in english. Most likely an unfortunate misunderstanding by the translator.

[@wills4615]

The best description of musilinis way of doing it is fuck it we ball and it keeps going meh like the march on rome is just fuck it she'll be fine and they did

[@def3ndr887]

They did not in fact ball and more or less tripped over themselves

[@wills4615]

@def3ndr887 I didn't say it worked just that they sorta went fuck it we ball over and over fuck it we ball let's invade Greece oh that didn't go well fuck it we ball let's try take something else

[@giacomoromano8842]

​@wills4615 it's funny you say that because he wasn't even leading the March on Rome, he prudently stayed in Northern Italy so that if it failed, he could have packed and run. "Fuck it we ball" but are the others that lose their skins.

[@def3ndr887]

@@wills4615 I was implying the narrator voice of “he did not in fact ball”

[@wills4615]

@@def3ndr887 ahhh lol fair enough

[@leube13]

Beautiful, absolutely gorgeous creativity - thank you to you and your team for the work you put into these

[@afonsonunes6016]

Awesome video🥇 Beautifull images, a very good explanation of the subject, not just a bunch of facts, and a litle humor here and there.

[@timalechkevitch4566]

Good Job Mussolini! Giving Ezekiel great content!

[@Pioneer_DE]

This was a really good breakdown of the differences between Fascism and National Socialism.

[@def3ndr887]

It’s a bit weird how idiots on twitter call alleged racist people f@sc1st than N@z1 seeing how Ezekiel described the differences

[@ihl0700677525]

Mussolini's main blunder was how he thought Italy was at the same level to other great powers (i.e. Germany, UK, France, USSR, USA, and Japan) when Italy certainly was *NOT.* He should never tried to compete directly with Hitler/Germany.

[@skellypirate6345]

I appreciate the work that is being put into those videos.

[@gregoriofranchini1315]

at 10:10 the italian ball is saying miniera which means mine, like coal mine, iron mine ecc

[@CallMeEzekiel]

Google translate fails us once again

[@typicaluser697]

Just researched your victoria 2 tutorial, and now here to watch new stuff, how far you gave gone!

[@Dragonseer666]

22:23 I see that Helldiver skull...

[@bukolaolaniyi-tayo9104]

6:43 Oh, ……no……….😰

[@Simpfok]

Is it bad that i laughed my ass off when Germany randomly said 'Im extremely racist!'?

[@ls-420stoner6]

My Serbian friend can confirm that the portrayal of Albania Ball is correct. This is a great video and I've shared it with my friends.

[@Radu_D_1]

I like that you use "Drum bun" for the ambience

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

The funniest part of Mussolini jumping into WW2 June 1940 when France was on its knees: Italy's entire merchant fleet was not ready. Out at sea, the Brits captured a majority of Italy's ships. Italy imported most of what it needs so, they had desperate rationing and food shortages and industrial shortages when the Axis were WINNING.

[@benfrank9622]

Italy shouldn't join world war 2. They're more competent being a neutral nation rather than an active one.

[@bigenglishmonkey]

i dunno, its hard to beat an italian sub sinking a canadian ship only to find out 90% of the people on it was italian POWs

[@Detective4655]

I'm glad that the video pointed out the underlying tension between Mussolini's fascism versus the Moustache Man's National Socialism. Italy and Germany had a rocky relationship during the inter-war years, contrary to popular memory of their alliance in the Axis. For example in 1935, when questioned about Germany's anti-Semitic policies by his advisors, Mussolini supposedly laughed and said: "Anti-Semitism? Only blond-haired, blue-eyed idiots worry about such matters!" Mussolini, in 1934 at a speech in Bari, even ridiculed German race theories and dismissed the Germans as being uncivilised compared to ancient Roman civilization. He declared: "Thirty centuries of history allows us to look with sovereign pity at some Germanic doctrines from the other side of the Alps, sustained by the descendants of people who did not know how to write.... At the time when Rome had Caesar, Vergil and Augustus!" The alliance between Germany and Italy only solidified in the leadup to WWII, but it was more of an alliance of convenience against common enemies rather than true ideological conviction. Source: Mussolini and H***er - The Forging of the Fascist Alliance (Christian Goeschel)

[@1998marcom]

It is so sad to think that we have automatic censorship and certain names cannot even be written.

[@RojoRed-ji3yw]

Italy was honestly just being too cautious or too impatient. No in between

[@elderglowpea2414]

That’s MY content creator 6:40 best one in the whole of KZbin

[@lulcraft8196]

My grandfather was in Italian concentration Camp Molat

[@lulcraft8196]

He survived but was depresed for rest of his life

[@TheFrankHuda]

This guy is the best channel on KZbin

[@JosephGilles-z3h]

Ah the revered 4am release the mourning before a math test my favourite

[@djgaming7284]

6:54 youre really gonna threaten us with Poland? Poland!!? Not even Reichtangle

[@3113mac]

UK: (black and blue from Dunkirk) I can do this all day USA: HEY!

[@notafox1195]

I am pissed that I don’t have my iPad to watch this on. You’re one of my favorite KZbin channels and the fact that I don’t have my iPad to watch this on makes me mad because a whole whole entire universe and each time you post something and corresponds with the event that happened in my universe, and correspond with the event or correspond with something happening, leading up to the event like a war formation of a country or economic downtown. It makes me so pissed off and I literally have everything drawn out memorized in my head and I have flip clip that allows me to freaking draw it out, but since my iPad is broken for the time being don’t allow me to do it also thank you for posting. You have some of the best CB history content that I ever seen.

[@w1ndgeneral226]

22:51 *"I DIDN'T HEAR NO BELL!"*

[@fortyframed]

I LOVE YOU this is globedoge I MADE THIS MAN SUB!!I LOVE U!!!

[@fortyframed]

TRUE

[@MareVlad]

Now that I see the missed opportunities the Italians had I am surprised they didn't hang Mussolini early.Love the video,and music especially drum bun music

[@giacomoromano8842]

Mussolini power base was rock solid after two decades in powers. It's amazing how he threw everything in the drain when "doing nothing" would have been his simplest yet best move.

[@notaname1750]

5:20 Oh boy, I can't wait for certain groups to come here and exploit that part for their own gain. (Referring to either comments or reaction videos that want this video banned)

[@giacomoromano8842]

Yeah, Fascism legacy is a messy affair. Look no further than my grandma insisting that Mussolini was "a great guy" and my Grandpa outright spitting whenever that name was mentioned out of disgust.

[@slime_whoscrabby]

Italian tankettes appreciation comment

[@scrumlife9345]

I really enjoyed the last vids bro good run str8 🔥

[@PirateofAE2]

To put it simply, Italy was unprepared for the war it found itself in, and as a result, it was entirely reactionary rather than proactive. Italy's initial plan might have worked if it had gone as intended, but no plan survives first contact with the enemy. The failure of that plan-mainly due to the inability to make a significant material contribution to the fall of France and thus secure any substantial gains-combined with Britain refusing peace, doomed Italy's efforts. Italy was not equipped for a prolonged war. This initial failure left it constantly playing catch-up, initially lagging by one or two moves, and eventually falling even further behind with moves like the Greece fiasco. It had to be bailed out and was all but carried by Germany. However, once the North Africa campaign failed, Italy had effectively lost the war, as it was too far behind to recover. Germany struggled on, carrying the Axis as far as it could, but there was only so much it could do.

[@endzor]

32:39 ahaha classic british explanation of why they occupied crete: "so that they can go and fight on frontline while we swiftly grab this for ourselves"

[@karstenbuijs]

The soundtrack never fails

[@jonathanmiller6381]

Hello there my friend! :D I just subbed to your channel a couple of days ago! :D How are you doing my friend? Also me and my dad love your videos! :D We've been watching them on our TV and love the history we learn from you as well! What will you do for your next video by chance? Also I love it how at the 55 Days in Peking literally pretty much the only time in World history was the actual Earth United Under one banner to fight against a common enemy as well! :D

[@Honoured_Mahes]

You should probably try that on their discord

[@M-tl4xt]

There's an error at 10:11. I guess you wanted italy to say "mine" as in "they belong to me" but "miniera" means mine in the sense of the place where you extract minerals. 😂

[@tavernburner3066]

39:20 generals just like any type of soldier tend to less aggressive tactics when the morale is low. Which thing can have a knock-on effect to the troops.

[@LeakedWall548]

The Smiling friends reference was golden.

[@LucaBeian]

The background music is very similar to a Romanian war song Edit: the song is called "drum bun"

[@narkslog]

another amazing video

[@ThePanEthiopian]

9:15 of course Africans weren't included. If the fascists called the Italians sub humans I'm afraid to know what they thought about Africans.

[@joshuagraham9770]

Great video

[@nathanspitzer2118]

I have been watching this on repeat for two hours lol

[@weidenkuh13]

I very much appreciate the perfectly fitting usage of the HOI4 soundtrack!

[@maximilianopinocarrasco4230]

HELL YEAH NEW VIDEO!!!

[@theskycavedin]

The Allies did not ignore Finland...they denounced the invasion and used it as a justification to invade Norway. That's why Germany went there first.

[@celtic4518]

Just realized I wasn't subscribed after years of watching....that purge comment did its job😂

[@InquisitorXarius]

We blundering our way into Gladio with this one boys

[@kaydengoh6290]

The mountains say hello.

[@INLIGHTOFHISTORTYANDOTHE-px7mf]

French

[@Dixifiate]

10:12 As an Italian Italy said Miniera which is a mine, not "mine" in the sense of owning something

[@Lapizisnothere]

i wait for a mod to hoi4 what changes all the portraits to ezekiel's countryballs

[@Rudnaz_127]

Don't forget how the Aussies helped defend Tobruk and El Alamein

[@Simon-vv3kl]

i would recognize that command and conquer generals HUD anywhere! 23:45 ! :D

[@dashinysnorlax7720]

Epic vid

[@jiyuhong5853]

you obviously never heard of italian commandos sinking battleships and cruisers

[@danielmarchetti6052]

That was a small part the Main war was going bad for italy

[@Real_MrDev]

As an Italian, this is very funny.

[@EndBy13]

1:03 " Anyway... I'm off to saw Germany in half" America Me : Wait he's going to What !? 1:05 Me : My God This is Unhinged and Hillarious 😂 (My previous comment got deleted)

[@LT.KiraHertling1701]

1:33 Brazil reference.

[@tkts6672]

Cobras Fumantes eterna é sua vitória

[@heliselolukmatkap7553]

that's a great video

[@needanamenoname1480]

I like your videos a lot

[@jpanda79]

It's nuts that in between the world wars Italy may have been the most prepared for war and yet allowed the other powers to blow past them. They also then failed in every other when the military went into practice

[@martinconway8174]

Nice one, Benny Muscles!

[@American-b2y]

You know just because you add that in the trailer I now promote you best history channel even better than oversimplified 😂😂😂