WWII Factions: The Italian Army

Faction: The Italian Army
The Italian Army during the second world war was a Royal Army with King Victor Emmanuel III as Commander-in-Chief . However dictator and Prime Minister Mussolini and the facist party were in true control of the Italian Army even if he had to ask permission from the king.
The Italian Royal Army had tested itself during the conquest of Ethiopia from 1935 to 1936, the Spanish Civil War from 1936 to 1939, and the invasion of Albania in 1939.
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[@Kardia_of_Rhodes]

An Italian Soldier's worst enemy in both world wars: Italian Officers

[@SirDavid290]

You could say the same with French soldiers, they had good stuff, and well trained, but poor officiers.

[@muhammadowais2111]

OMER MUKHTAR!!!!

[@cykachu2661]

@@SirDavid290 they didnt change their style of warfare since ww1

[@SirDavid290]

@@cykachu2661 Yup.

[@memeboi4421]

There weapons were obsolete even in the First World War

[@leiras3469]

German Officer: "Italy has joined the war!" German General: "Send 2 Divisions to counter them" German Officer: "No sir, they joined our side" German General: "Send a whole army"

[@leiras3469]

Please do so with correct quotation marks, thx

[@Takero-Sc]

Fabian0078 remember me when german run away and retreat while italians fight alone because left behind by their allies. ;)

[@almightybogza]

Remember when Germans fought to the last man while you "soldiers" were quick to surrender.Pathetic comparing one division to the acts of heroism displayed across the german campaigns..

[@regidelthegeneralthatzappe4469]

DerScharfSchutzE Fascists did not surrender

[@Johnny_le_patriote]

German marechal: send supply to Italian general

[@WelloBello]

The Italian army is what happens when your adequate troops go without supplies, sufficient food and water, logistical support, air to ground support, a competent officer's corps, or adequate weaponry. All made worse by the desert attrition. To put it simply Italy was in no way prepared to fight a large scale war.

[@bandit5747]

Wello Bello Like France in WW1: prepared for war, just not MODERN war.

[@sam-2341]

Wello Bello they had no industry to support it!

[@cnlbenmc]

Well at least Luigi Cadiorna wasn't still in charge of the Army like in WWI, that would have made things even worse.

[@propriono]

Rantimatics Mussolini said to Hitler TONS of times that we were unprepared, and to wait before starting the war. He simply ignored him. Probably Hitler was not the easiest person to deal with...

[@lil_ducc4491]

In fact they were obligated to fight. They had no chance.

[@thekingoffist3610]

Italy, the only country invaded by its allies and freed by the enemy. -And they call them backstabbers-

[@janosviski8333]

Ficarra Picone They did stabbed the German empire and Austria-Hungary in the back in ww1 and in ww2 Italy was really close to do the same, thas why germany occupied it

[@thekingoffist3610]

Fucking bullshit, learn history. Italy in WW1 joined the war as the Entente, it didnt betray anyone, they got out of the Central Powers pact before war's outbreak. In WW2 they werent close at fucking all, they did an *Armistice* not a side switch. Quit trying to blame Italy for no fucking reason with your ignorance and idiotic stereotypes.

[@janosviski8333]

Ficarra Picone I love when I can make someone rage xD Ik history very well, it was hard for me to say that kinda stuff but I'm a troll :-P

[@99batran]

Ficarra Picone the use of betrayal is subjective. I consider allies who bail out of alliances before or at the start of the war are traitors therefore betrayal, no matter what context.

[@tootyfruity70]

They left before anyone knew there was going to be a war... no one knew Franz Ferdinand was going to be assassinated... SO they didn't really bail out of the alliance before or at the start o"the war" because they didn't even know there was going to be "the war". As for WW2 they switched sides as they switched governments the man who aligned Italy with Germany was no longer in power. It would have been a betrayal had Mussolini done it but it wan't him it was the king who had only aligned with Germany as he had to otherwise Mussolini would have deposed him

[@OB472]

Why are the Italians good at football? Because it involves changing sides halfway through.

[@baileysmirthwaite1202]

Sir Bork börk

[@blizzardpancakes7982]

Sir Bork can Poland into space?

[@calum5975]

MicMan96 are you joking?

[@zakback9937]

Börk

[@miguelf.6827]

Hard roasting since 1914

[@kingswag7606]

Remember kids if your losing you can always change sides

[@mrwarmind]

I do that in battlefield

[@federicofossarello4685]

kingswag Remember kids , if you see an American...run away

[@amerob291]

Remember kids If your french and loose against Germany always join Vichy France.

[@byzantinepepe2478]

kingswag Remember kids, don't listen to American propaganda.

[@leandropuerta5932]

remember kids if you don't have a pretext to invade a country full of oil just do a false flag attack

[@Gabelschwanz_Teufel]

-Italy being Mocked for surrendering and Switching sides. *cries in Italy* -At least your country isn't the one that got bombed twice. or Separated in half for half a century -Your Causalities is Much lower than the Other Axis nation. *Laughs in italy*

[@noggy3133]

Laughs in pizza

[@slipslop9990]

They didn’t surrender it was a coup followed by a civil war

[@NONO-oy1cu]

@@slipslop9990 facts

[@kulot-ki1tu]

people also forget that italy mightve even had a better navy then germany especially with their battleships having more firepower with the only thing that they lacked was radar (not like the german one was useful anyways on german ships such as scharnhorst and bismarck as they both got disabled)

[@historybro_productions8301]

Italy wasn't the worst in the war tho

[@danm8403]

“Vinnie, load the shells!” “Yes, sir!” “I meant artillery shells!”

[@mr.iiconic]

That's my name bruh wtf

[@ariastrwn7933]

@@mr.iiconic hi Vinnie

[@mr.iiconic]

@@ariastrwn7933 hello :)

[@vincentpanicucci9118]

No

[@Colorfullll]

​@mr.iiconic hello vinnie how ya

[@american27]

Me and Italy in the desert.. fun times

[@ananastudio]

But not enough

[@american27]

Ananas Studio for taking on half the world. I say we did good..

[@american27]

Spentenzaz Reznov ya, because wannabe start world wars...

[@bobbobson6555]

How any Erwin Rommel, Adolf Hitler and Donald Trump profiles are on youtube?

[@kartoffelschloss6425]

Erwin Rommel what does cyanide taste like?

[@erdervv]

"Severely defeated" at el elamein means that while the germans run away the italians fought a rear guard actions on foot trough the desert to slow down the british, and the surrendered after using up all their ammunitions. They did not raise a white flag, the brits found them standing at parade rest in the middle of the desert waiting for them to catch up.

[@kurtgeraldtomada4451]

@@holdthedoor7873 Your the stupid one Italy had one of the most well trained soldiers but they lacked in armarment and leadership

[@animeXcaso]

Bastico > Rommel

[@skeena59]

@@animeXcaso Bombastico!

[@lupinthethird7059]

The german soldier as astonished the world, however the italian bersagliere soldier has astonished the german soldier (Rommel)

[@capitalismisbestism8639]

Lupin The Third romall must have been eating too much LSD laced spaghetti and hallucinated an Italian soldier to be a good one.

[@Centurio_1]

Italian elite soldiers, for example the bersaglieri or the alpini, or the social republic's pride, the XMAS, were impressively skilled. The problem? Poor armament, equipment and leaders. Put the italian soldiers with good armament and a leader, and you have a likely victory.

[@phantom12321800]

@@Centurio_1 Even the average Italian soldiers received a lot of praise from their opponents and German counterparts. They were cited as having some of the worst leadership of any country in the fight though. Their entire officer corps held onto the 19th century idea of buying your way into rank, well trained or not. A total lack of meritocracy. Throw in that many of the upper echelons were treated like prizes for Mussolini's cronies and it's no wonder they couldn't get their act together.

[@callmeyourmajesty09]

@@capitalismisbestism8639 You are one who is hallucinated here

[@rome415]

@@Centurio_1 Ja Ja Ja, if we had this or that. GTFO of here!

[@marrkk111]

My great grandfather was in the Italian army, captured when the Americans invaded Sicily. He was taken as a POW and he remembers being treated very well. First time he ate american-style hot dogs and hamburgers and loved them.

[@Antonio-fj5gs]

Ay respect from An American (Me) 🇺🇸❤️🇮🇹

[@skullerx5645]

Rispetto per tuo nonno, molto coraggioso e fortunato

[@user-vu8jx1mc4b]

wen an Italian sees Americans putting pineapple on pizza

[@riccardobalbo1369]

Just to join the discussion. Maybe italian army wasn't the best but they fought bravely, look at the battle of El Alamein were the talian 185th airborne division "folgore" repelled all the british armored attacks before being destroyed, or the russian retreat, were disbanded italian and Axis forces managed to break the russian encirclement (battle of nikolajewka). And if we want to talk about the other branches of the military italian anti tank guns were able to knock out T-34s and italian tank destroyers were armed with deadly 75 and 105 mm guns, without talking about the navy and the fighters. "The german soldier amazed the world The italian bersagliere amazed the german soldier" .Erwin Rommel.

[@alessandrozambetti3746]

Riccardo Balbo dovrebbe avere più like questo commento... Ma cosa ne sanno questi americani che trovano piacere solo a stereotipare senza analizzare i fatti, il governo italiano pare sia sempre nato per essere un covo di opportunisti e corrotti senza talento, la classe dirigente del tempo ci ha portato alla sconfitta (generali in primis), ma noi italiani siamo un grande popolo, dovremmo avere più amore verso la nostra patria

[@Italientitus]

I migliori erano i tedeschi, e lo hanno dimostrato sul campo e non a parole, la folgore si arrese, anzi molti italiani si misero dalla parte inglese e gli dissero i piani dei tedescho

[@riccardobalbo1369]

Manuel Baryoul La folgore si arrese solo dopo aver resistito fino alla fine, aver respinto praticamente ogni attacco alleato ed essere stata quasi distrutta, e poi cosa vuol dire "e non a parole"

[@fabioaya6320]

true !

[@Italientitus]

Riccardo Balbo che molti fu l unica battaglia ad aver fatto bn su 1000 le altre si arresero facilmente o sbagliarono tutto come a capo matapan, a bir hakeim e a la battaglia delle alpi che furono molto umilianti, i tedeschi tutte le battaglie combattute furono coraggiosi che oggi nella storia sono visti come un esercito forte motivato e sn coloro che hanno portato la guerra che si combatte oggi

[@lukethebuilder97]

Italian military history in 20th century can be described with the sentence: extremely good soldiers, horrible leaders. If you are an history buff and you look up in some single battles chronicles you will find out such heroic acts carried against all odds by the Italians to make most of the other armies look like children. Just look up the Italian front in ww1, it was by far the most terrible and difficult one, in comparison western front was a picknick with the family.

[@lukethebuilder97]

Hiro Mashima compared to the mountain war fought on the alpi was far more easy. (The insult was provocatory)

[@CataStudies]

lukethebuilder97 sorry to say but verdun and the somme were tragedies with milions of casualities. The italians in ww1 were really brave and managed to fight against the Austria and hungarian forces to a standstill but the onslaunght of verdum was a bloodbath by comparison

[@DomySilv]

Gli italiani sono dei grandi eroi... sono i generali che hanno sempre fatto schifo

[@CataStudies]

Domy Silv direi che quella è un po' una scusa. L'italia non aveva equipaggiamento. Anche se ai tempi al comando ci fosse stato il miglior generale mai esistito, come avrebbe mai potuto armare i suoi soldati con armi che non esistono, con munizione che non vengono prodotte, divisioni corazzate senza equipaggio? Anche il miglior soldato muore contro un contadino con un fucile. È per questo motivo che le armi da fuoco hanno soppiantato i cavalieri medievali. Ora dimmi come fa un poveraccio senza manco stivali a vincere una guerra e rispettare gli ordini.

[@user-hy1sv5qo7s]

Alex98 Navarro Erwin Rommel in Africa macinò vittorie su vittorie contro gli inglesi nonstante avesse pochissimi vettovagliamenti. Il vantaggio tecnologico in guerra é un vantaggio solo se vi sono ottimi comandanti ed soldati disciplinati.

[@nigga6450]

People may make fun of italian soldiers of ww2, but they had more balls than the internet tough guys making jokes about them. Infact italians had skilled soldiers but their tactics and equipment were not good.

[@callmeyourmajesty09]

@Daris1 Maybe fews were good, but most of them were not good, I said it by an Italian

[@user-ey1rh9tm3i]

True

[@KeyserSoze-vi6xe]

MAKING FUN OF US? AHAHAHAHAHA WTF ARE YOU EVEN TALKING ABOUT? LITERALLY NOONE IS, LETS SEE THE TWO "TRYING" TO LETS SEE WHERE THEY ARE FROM, LET'S COMPARE AAHAHAHHAAA no one will ever be even close to as good as Italy 🇮🇹 🦅

[@diegoadami3094]

The Folgore's lions didn't surrender at el alamein. No one of 262 men and officers raised the hands.

[@NoirChat138]

how to Make Italy Great Again ?? Inno del Piave is the Answer !!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJqblGCAgtamipY

[@verzogern1182]

yep and that deserves respect

[@pergys6991]

Well they have to raise their hands to throw grenades,

[@MilaneseGratuito]

My father was in the folgore

[@cykachu2661]

@L’Affreux says the french *cough* vichy

[@CaptainGrief66]

"History's written by the victors." Most of the things you hear about Italian troops and equipments is either British and american propaganda or straight out bias. The British often looked upon Italian guns as not that good, the M30 surely didn't work when in sandy conditions, but then again, the Italians had things like the MAB 1938, probably the most high quality and accurate submachine gun of the war, while the american Thompsons were very heavy and cumbersome, had a terribly high recoil and fire rate combined with a powerful but limited in range cartridge and the British had literally a tube which used MP-40 mags which would jam every 100 rounds. Go deeper than what you hear.

[@jackharris8661]

Russian bias CHEEKI BREEKI

[@CaptainGrief66]

ProfessionalRookie11 Mine was a comparison tool. That's still not an excuse for making one of the crappiest piece of equipment a soldier could use, the German engineers in 1945 made some very decent rifles and guns for the Volksturm, with literally scrap metal and left over parts of other guns, all this in months.

[@demanischaffer]

TheOtakuComrade Having more decent weapons beats out having few advanced weapons tbh

[@bancibano2555]

"Sure it matters who has a larger stick, but it matters alot more who is swinging it."

[@MrPanos2000]

TheOtakuComrade irrelevant, you still lost. That said infinite respect to my Italian neighbours who answered the call of duty. They served their country valiantly. Thing is, we served ours a bit better :)

[@Simplehistory]

The Italian Army have quite a reputation in World War II, is it justified?

[@connorweiss500]

Simple History yep

[@HurricaneHomer9]

Yep

[@cadianveterankramerica6552]

Simple History very justified

[@pretendthisnameisfunny2197]

Simple History I don't really hear much of them I really hear a lot of Germany and Japan.

[@commodoreluigi1596]

Simple History No!

[@shroder2748]

To be fair, the tanks the Italians used were based on the vickers 6 ton, which was an extremely reliable tank platform, and proved to be useful in the Spanish Civil War among other conflicts. The Italians didn't have muc in terms of Tanks, bur they did what they could with what they had, and at the begining of WW2, Italian tanks were actually pretty good against other tanks like the T26, A13 Mk1/2, and Stuart.

[@Mastro-Forno]

It's nice to see that you talked about the Italian civil war, but what about the Italian raid on Alexandria by the 10th MAS or the folgore resistance during el-alamin?

[@NoirChat138]

The TechMarine-Librarian Simple History, too Simple ...

[@lucadesanctis563]

It's an American video: too complicated for them. That's why we invented special forces and not them

[@gianfrancow2850]

Italians, while being a poor rural economy with poor equipment and poor leaders, fought over 3 continents against 6 different nations and surrendered after 3 years of fight. And Saló northern Republic still kept on fighting. French fought on their homeland against 1 nation and surrendered after less than a month. Take your own conclusions.

[@matthewhemmings2464]

But France had a huge border with Germany, which was an extremely militarized and powerful army. The allied got fucked in the beggining of WW2, and if bot for the English Channel the Brits would have suffered the same fate. Italy was isolated from most nations and had direct access to North Africa. But were cocked.

[@gianfrancow2850]

Matthew Hemmings huge border? That border was left untouched, germans just swept through a 30 km corridor through Belgium.. and France was heavily defended and militarized at the time.

[@matthewhemmings2464]

Yes, it was heavily defended for a trench war, not for air supremacy and Blitzkrieg. German army cocked the French and Brits in the first half of the war, and most French troops came out of their trenches famined and surrounded. The Brits lost control of the North sea in the same way: old naval tactics. You're the one whom attacked France to begin with, all I'm saying is that the Allies got humiliated in the first half of WW2, France especially. This doesn't change the fact the French army won major battles in the later half, and that the allies won...

[@gianfrancow2850]

Matthew Hemmings french army won major battles where exactly? I can't remember any.

[@matthewhemmings2464]

Your ignorance talks. I'm not an history teacher, and I'm not French. Go to a place called a library or school. There's too much victories to count.

[@willspence5360]

This has become a great channel lately. Keep it up!

[@thexherring2563]

Love these videos, however I'd like it if you'd also make a rundown of the various units the army consisted of

[@gabrylegend7058]

"Il soldato tedesco ha stupito il mondo,il soldato italiano ha stupito il soldato tedesco"Ti amo italia!❤

[@user-gl8re5hy6y]

🇮🇹💩💩💩

[@veyz11]

Indiani di.. Quella cosa..

[@rome316ae3]

@@user-gl8re5hy6y 🖕

[@covidiendar]

@@user-gl8re5hy6y V4FF4NCUL0

[@thechief1298]

Italy Switching Side memes: **Exist** The Italian Civil War in ww2: "Sono uno scherzo per te?" (am I a joke to you?)

[@BeeWaifu]

Yeah. The Italians had it tough during the second war, but they did have a 90mm cannon that was the equivalent of Germany's famous flak 88. That being said, their light tanks were tankettes, their mediums were light, and the 'mediums' had issues with turret traverse because of the way the turret ring was built into the hull.

[@wcdjmase]

one thing i love about these videos is the weapons drawings. accurately depicting Calvary Carbine Caracanos, well done!

[@ninoo5897]

This is how I learn history. I love your channel keep up man

[@avelus5984]

If I see a comment about Italy “switching sides”...

[@captainstag8189]

I found 4

[@RDR12344]

What about the French army during World War II and the free French army in one episode?

[@pippocas5358]

s s it will be a 1 sec video:🏳 white flag all over the screen.(obliviously it is a joke)

[@loma_pl1931]

It would be great ! The Free French Army was a major Allied force of WWII, they had 2 100 000 soldiers by 1945 wich made them the 4th largest Allied army. The French won at crucial battles like Bir Hakeim, El Alamein, Tunisia, Monte Casino (Garrigliano), Provence Invasion, Paris, Lyon, Strasbourg and deep Germany.

[@loma_pl1931]

Jessica Grey Is Patton a historian ?No he was a dumb moron and useless general who wanted a War with the USSR after beating Hitler. Also he never said that, you confused the Regular Army and the Resistance. It was Eisenhower who said that the French Resistance represented 15 divisions (650 000 men). The Free French Army had 500 000 troops by 1942, 750 000 by 1943, at D-Day in 1944 the Free French Army had 1 100 000 soldiers (D-Day on wich "Ike" said that 80% of informations for the landing come from the Resistance). By V-D in May 1945 the French Army (wich enroled 40% of the Resistance) had 2 100 000 soldiers (2.6 million troops for the entire Free French Forces 1940-1945). That represented the fourth largest Allied Army in WW2 after the Soviet, American and British army. All my numbers and infos come from reliable and secure historical sources.

[@The_Wolf74]

The only thing I know about France was the battle between Britain in Mers El Kebir.

[@loma_pl1931]

The Wolf en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_France_during_World_War_II everything is said here about France ;)

[@MambaBreezy24]

This is more entertaining than real history classes, you earned a new sub! Great work!

[@rc501st]

Love these vids, can you do the Netherlands next? Dutch troops fighting in the pacific and amongst brits are some interesting scenarios.

[@chrisnav4077]

Your videos are fabulous. Do you think we could get a video covering the Korean War?

[@CarloBiondi]

My grandfather was in the Royal Italian army from 1938 and served in Albania and Greece during the war in the artillery.

[@Victor-07-04]

Did he survive WW2?

[@joey8062]

Glad you mentioned Gazala and Torburk

[@das06660]

Thx for subtitles french. Excellent video !

[@lilcecsos7071]

We weren't weak,we were disorganized. We had to enter war in 1942

[@michelelongo8257]

This is a list of certified Italian victories during WW2. Enjoy !!! 101 Italian victories 11.01.1941 Italian Air Force disables HMS Ilustrious, allowing the safe arrival of the Afrika Korps. 24.01.1941 BCS fight the first sucessfull action against a British armoured force near Derna. 25.01.1941 Bersaglieri fight a sucessfull delaying action near Derna. 27.01.1941 Bersaglieri mount a very strong counterattack on the Australians, buying much valuable time. ??.04.1941 Ariete captures Msus 08.04.1941 Ariete captures Mechili. Bersaglieri capture 3,000 Allied troops. 01.05.1941 Ariete & Brescia capture overrun 7 Australian strongpoints ( R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8) outside Tobruk 04.05.1941 Australians counterattack but the Trento, Pavia & Ariete defeat the attacks. 17.05.1941 Brescia penetrates the sectors of the Australian 2/9th and 2/10th Battalions, forcing the Australians to abandon the S8, S9 and S10 strongpoints. 24.05.1941 Brescia defeats an attacking infantry force, supported by tanks. 02.08.1941 Bersaglieri defeat the 2/43rd and 2/28th Battalions, in a final Australian attempt to recover the lost strongpoints. 15.05.1941 Bersaglieri anti-tank gunners derail the British offensive, known as Operation Brevity. A German Colonel later praised the Bersaglieri anti-tank gunners, saying they defended Halfaya Pass "...with lionlike courage until the last man against stronger enemy forces. The greatest part of them died faithful to the flag." Mid-June 1941 Italian anti-tank gunners under Major Leopoldo Pardi destroy several British tanks, derailing Operation Battleaxe in the process. 27.05.1941 Ariete overruns the British-officered 3rd Indian Brigade. 29.05.1941 Ariete successfully defends the Afrika Korps rearguard 30.05.1941 Trieste successfully delivers food and provision to the Afrika Korps preventing their entire capitulation. 05.06.1941 Ariete again successfully defends the Afrika Korps rearguard 26.08.1941 Italian troops repell several Russian attacks on the Don front. 27.10.1941 Italians repell strong Russian attack in the Donets Basin, capturing several hundred. 10.11.1941 Italians defeat a Russian attempt to cross the Don River. 19.11.1941 Ariete blunts British offensive named Operation Crusader. 40 Crusader tanks are knocked out. 19.11.1941 Pavia repell column of British tanks in the area of El Adem. British forced to retreat. 20.11.1941 Bologna infantry and anti-tank gunners derail advance of the British 7th Armoured Brigade. 21.11.1941 Bologna defenders of the 'Tugun' strongpoint derail the advance of the British 70th Division 22.11.1941 'Tugun' defenders successfully defend their postion again. 23.11.1941 Pavia defeats British attempt to smash through the Bologna 25.11.1941 The Trento successfully defends the 'Bondi' strongpoint outside Tobruk. 26.11.1941 Bersaglieri defeat renewed British attempt to smash through the Bologna 29.11.1941 Ariete overruns the 21st New Zealand Battalion. 29.11.1941 Bersaglieri capture 1,800 Allied wounded, medical staff & guards. 200 German POWs are freed. 01.12.1941 Trento defeats an armoured attack outside Tobruk 01.12.1941 Trieste cuts off the link the New Zealanders had established with the Tobruk defenders. 04.12.1941 Pavia and Trento recapture ‘Plonk and ‘Doc’ strongpoints outside Tobruk. 06.12.1941 Pavia makes a successful stand on Point 157 07.12.1941 Bologna covers the retreat of the German Afrika Division 10.12.1941 Brescia covers the German retreat from Acroma Hill. 12.12.1941 Bologna, Brescia, Pavia, Trieste & Trento successfully hold the Gazala Line 13.12.1941 Trieste successfully defends Point 208 15.12.1941 Brescia, Pavia & Trento repell a stong Polish-New Zealand attack 15.12.1941 Ariete overruns The Buffs 12.06.1942 Trieste helps destroy the British 2nd & 4th Armoured Brigades by cornering them. 16.06.1942 Italians overrun & capture 6, 000 Allied troops outside Tobruk. 17.01.1942 Savona surrenders. It had defeated several Allied attacks. Rommel is very impressed. 11.07.1942 Bersaglieri overrun part of the Australian 2/48th Battalion. 14.07.1942 Colonel Angelozzi's 1st Battalion from the supposedly destroyed Sabratha recaptures Tel el Eisa from the Australians. 15.07.1942 Colonel Angelozzi's men defeat the Australian 2/23rd Battalion's attempt to recapture the position. 15.07.1942 Pavia & Brescia successfully defend their principal positions on Ruweisat Ridge. New Zealander battalion caught out on the open as a result and is captured with the arrival of German tanks. 17.07.1942 A battalion of the Trento overruns part of the Australian 2/32nd Battalion. 21.07.1942 Trieste & Brescia sucessfully defend their main positions on Ruweisat Ridge. Several hundred New Zealanders are captured thanks to their efforts, that allow German tanks to mount a counterattack. 27.07.1942 3rd Battalion of the 61st Trento Infantry Regiment derails the attack of the 2/28th Battalion. 27.07.1942 Armoured car squadron of the Brescia encircle and capture the Australian 2/28 Battalion 30.06.1942 Littorio surrounds Mersa Matruh & Bersaglieri capture 6,500 Allied soldiers. 01.07.1942 1,000 New Zealanders captured ??.09.1942 Bologna overruns defenders of Point 211 during the Battle of Alam el Halfa. ??.09.1942 Trieste, Brescia, Ariete & Littorio force British & New Zealanders to retreat several kilometres. 04.09.1942 Folgore defeat the 6th New Zealand Brigade & capture 200 attackers, including Brigadier G.M. Clifton. 14.09.1942 San Marco Marines defeat Allied seaborne landings aimed at recapturing Tobruk. 1,000 Allied killed, wounded or captured. 30.09.1942 Fogore defeat 131st Queens Brigade, over 300 British killed or captured. 24.10.1942 Ariete, Brescia & Folgore successfully hold the Alamein line. 25.10.1942 12th Bersaglieri overruns the Austalian 2/17th Battalion. 28.10.1942 Littorio overruns part of the British 133rd Brigade 29.10.1942 7th Bersaglieri derails the advance of the Austalian 26th Brigade and creates a salient in the Australian sector. 30.10.1942 7th Bersaglieri defeats several Australian attacks to force them out of this salient. 03.11.1942 Ariete successfully covers the retreat of Rommel 03.12.1943 Bersaglieri capture part of the British 2nd Parachute Battalion. 12.12.1942 Italian troops attack Russian battalions capturing prisoners a much equipment 18.02.1943. While the Germans fail taking Sbiba Pass, the 7th Bersaglieri smash the US lines at Kasserine Pass. 18.02.1943 Centauro Division overruns the US 19th Combat Engineers Regiment. 24.02.1943 5th Bersaglieri successfully covers the retreat of Rommel *****3,000 Allied troops surrendered at Mechili. About 500 Australians were captured manning the Tobruk defences. Some 3,500 Allied troops fell into Italian hands during Operation Crusader. 1,000 Indian troops surrendered to the Ariete on 27 May 1942. 6,000 Allied troops surrendered to the Italians outside Tobruk on 16 June 1942. Some 7,000 Allied troops surrendered to the Italians in the area of Mersa Matruh in late June and early July 1942, including 1,000 New Zealanders abandoned in the desert. During the Battle of Kasserine Pass, the Bersaglieri and Centauro Division overran some 2,500 Americans.

[@johnnylebay2059]

I see you included the meaningless 'victories' but forgot all the devastating and actually relevant defeats...you know the defeats that objectively render the italian army of the WW2 as one of the worst and most incompetent armies ever...

[@nicolasbabici2533]

Yes the battle of Pont-Saint-Louis

[@acss4310]

@Im your BABUSHKA Italian troops = couldn't beat Ethiopia and Greece 😂😂😂

[@andreabianchi6156]

@@acss4310 I mean, we did beat Ethiopia. That's possibly the only thing we have achieved

[@raduvlad4429]

@Im your BABUSHKA you're a cretin if you actualy think that.The french as gay as they are always had a good army and were strong.

[@vegtano7226]

Everybody joking about Italian Army forgetting how Polish, Danish, French, Belgic and many more Armies disappeared in few days. Italy, Germany and Japan were facing half world

[@januszodbierzychleb8664]

French and Poles fought much longer than few days

[@vegtano7226]

Janusz Odbierzychleb yes, but their countries were pretty fucked in some days without the help of Americans, new Zealanders, Australians, south Africans, English, Indians, Russians, Canadians, North Africans, Greeks, Yugoslavians. Some soldiers could manage to join the allied after that their Armies were not existing anymore.

[@mcj2219]

Actually when Italy got invaded It became s civil war (South: Resistance and Allies, and north: Germany)

[@elchapojunior3091]

If war was a sport, the Italians would be the nerdy kid that always gets picked last

[@kafka5795]

ElChapo Junior, nope that's Denmark

[@USSCYT]

ElChapo Junior that's France

[@claudioclaudio7953]

That's North Korea.

[@blankblank6545]

Oh yeah well um... would a nerdy kid have produced 3 000 Savoia Marchetti 79 , with 3 Alfa Romeo 125 RC.35s engines, 1 pilot controlled 20mm MG 151, 2 12,7 mm dorsal BREDA SAFAT machine guns, 2 7,7 mm waist machine gunners and a payload of 1 200 kg or 2 torpedoes. Yeah um you just got sparviero-ed.

[@gentlebabarian]

And france would . The kid that brags alot. But get punched in the face and runs away. Until his big bro shows up. And he starts acting tough.

[@MrWolf-xk8sl]

"They lacked luck, not the valor."

[@elisacarnicelli1965]

Be OBJECTIVE!! The main military powers that fought for years in WW2 were six :On one side Germany ,Italy and Japan .On the other side USA ,Russia,England .That's it .Italy fought on two continents and four seas with 3.400.000 men (considering army ,navy ,aviation ,auxiliaries).Let's see some points: 1)First of all this video doesn't explain that before the ww2 Italy had two war campaignes in Ethiopia(1935-1936) and Spain civil war(1936-1939) and used a lot of resources to fight and finish those campaignes, for this reason wasn't ready in 1940. 2) REGIA MARINA:The Italian fleet was the fourth in the world in 1940, it had the same tonnage of navy like France .(It had two big problems :Italy didn't have the radar and any aircraft carrier .) .It had very great successes with submarines ,they fought in fourth different seas:Mediterranean Sea, in the Red Sea,in the Persian Gulf and in the Atlantic Ocean. ,with 1750 missions and the sinking of 132 merchant ships and 18 military ships,Italy lost 128 submarines of the totaly 172.The X Mas ,was a special unit of assault and raid of the Regia Marina ,with great success of sinking to the Royal Navy. 3)REGIA AERONAUTICA:The Italian Air Force had in 1940: 1300 medium bomber ,1160 fighter aircaftt, 500 recoinassence aircraft .It had very good airplanes like Macchi 202 and Macchi 205 .Italy built from (1940 to 1943) 11508 airplanes(always less in comparison with the othern nations). Only the fourth squadron destroyed 585 airplanes plus 215 probably .The SM 79 was an amazing medium bomber ,very effcient as torpedo bomber ,infact sinked a lot of military ships (Fearless ,Bedouin ,Nestor ,Foresight,Pozarica ecc).The sum of the official ranking of the(only) flying aces is of 1225 shooting down aircrafts.(The highest is Franco Lucchini with 26). 4)REGIO ESERCITO AND SPECIAL FORCES The Italian Army fought in Russia,Yugoslavia,Greece,North Africa ,and South -East Africa with 1.800000 soldiers in 75 divisions(not all well-equipped). Very good were the machine guns Breda 30 and 36, the mortar 81mm, Beretta 38 submachine .The Special forces like Folgore ,Bersaglieri ,Alpini ,The X Mas ecc were very combative .The Folgore fought in North Africa for 3 years stopping the best English troops. 5)VICTORIES AND HEROIC BATTLE: - El Alamein in the 1942 -The last charge of Izbusenskij of the cavalry Savoy in Croazia in the 1942 - The sinking of the Queen Elizabeth and Valiant in the 1941 -Pantelleria air-naval battle with the sinking of the Burdwan ,Chan and Kentucky and the damage of many others in the 1942 -The battle of August 1942 with the sinking of Manchester ,Cairo and the damage of Nigeria ,Kenya ,Brisbane ecc,the sinking of York and Pericles in the Sudan Bay 1941 , - Italian conquest of British Somalia - 1940 -Italian conquest of Cassala,Gallabat and Kurmuk (British-Egypt Sudan)1940; So there are a lot of victories of Italy in ww2(i have wrote only some) ,but Italy lost the war and the winners write the history for this reason there are a lot of fake videos like this .But don't worry you can read books and check on internet .And don't forget ITALY was the first nation to use airplanes in combat in Libia in 1911 and to built the first jet plane Campini Caproni without propeller. Also did a lot of world records in the 30s .Bye

[@TeamJella]

Did you watch the video? 0:22

[@agungkurniawan5880]

lol yeah,u didnt even watch the video at the begining

[@Leon-eq6ei]

The winner writes history, but Italy switched the sites lul

[@Maxmax-vk7jh]

Wtf. Its very fake 😂😂 In 1940 France destroy Italian army. And French army airplane destroy Italian airplane IN ITALY the same day when Italian need war against France. Only 9 French destroy 3000 Italian in the battle of Pont Louis at Menton in 1940. Italy give a white flag after loosing war against France and aliees in 1940

[@josephdalelio6684]

@@Maxmax-vk7jh It has been pointed out many times that the Battle of Pont St Loius is mostly propaganda and the Italians took Menton from the French. there was no white flag either.

[@wattsnottaken1]

Great channel

[@feldwebelfischer3296]

"I can take Greece" - Someone who couldn't take Greece

[@Antonio-12345]

www.quora.com/Shouldnt-we-stop-mocking-Italy-because-of-their-performance-in-WW2-considering-that-their-incompetence-was-largerly-exaggerated-by-propaganda/answer/John-Vento-5

[@subee2009]

That's why they killed and hung Mussolini upside down. The embarrassment of not being able take Greece, rightfully so.

[@feldwebelfischer3296]

It's a joke. Don't take it so seriously

[@subee2009]

@Κώστας Παπαναστασίου well, it was during the Roman Empire, and it would be easy now.

[@jonangorman6341]

@Κώστας Παπαναστασίου boring, keep telling yourself that

[@Demon__Killer007]

Do canadian army ww2

[@bimbagamer6954]

he did

[@carnoyoutubeman]

bimba gamer he didn't make the video for WW2

[@Demon__Killer007]

.

[@clonehd9962]

The Carnotaurus King uhhhhh yeah they were search it up

[@charlesdark2861]

He never said that the Canadian Army was not in WW2, he said that Simple History never did a video on the Canadian army.

[@gr_ark4771]

Please make a similar Video about the WWII Greek Army !

[@attilakatona-bugner1140]

also italian aircraft designs were one of the best... but due to the lack of resources we don t really know them as very good planes :P

[@fabioaya6320]

we know them as god planes but most of the world doesn't know those planes even existed since they were barely used due to lack of resources !

[@bobmcbob49]

At one point they had the largest air force in the world, on top of having some of the best aircraft (airspeed records everywhere)

[@pingas6941]

“Give me 1,000 pizza pies and I shall conquer Greece” - Benito Mussolini

[@greekscout8343]

Well that didn't work 😂😂😂😂

[@Nietabs]

The original quote was "Give me 40,000 Filipinos and I'll conquer the world" - General Douglas MacArthur

[@captainstag8189]

@@Nietabs yeah, that's the joke

[@alnu8355]

*pinching the air while talking intensifies*

[@grootsyt]

Those guys at 0:50 "Yay our tanks suck let's just stand her e and smile"

[@enveenva5584]

PLEASE do these more frequently

[@sexydudeuk2172]

My grandfather was in WW2. During one time he came across a wounded Italian soldier and he showed my grandfather a photo of his family. My grandad must have felt sorry for him and he gave the soldier his bandage. My grandfather got into trouble for that but its not known if the soldier survived or not.

[@faithless2447]

Take one for Greece in ww2

[@PokerGrind02]

Greek Marshall yes

[@faithless2447]

Jessica Grey the Greece destroyed the Italy,Bulgaria and Albania but sourunded in kleisoura and surrender the most of her army but hold all axis for 248 days

[@raffaelesantoro4706]

BananaFarts 13 still nope

[@fasciolittoriocomunista7075]

Greek Marshall Troops during Greek-Italian War: Italy: 75,000 soldiers; Greece and the UK: 400,000 soldiers. If destroying Italy means: rejecting 5 division 40 km from the border without breaking the defensive lines, Greece has destroyed Italy. (LOL)

[@fasciolittoriocomunista7075]

Ah, Ah, then Greece was defeated in 10 days by italy and germany (LOLOLOL).

[@greekshadow7362]

Do a Greek army in WW2

[@user-gw1li6jq5i]

YES!

[@marcos.2373]

@Alfons Falkhayn woooow they so strooong!!! When Italy attacked Greece army was not only in Greece but also in france, Russia and north africa, If the war was only italy vs greece it would have lasted 2 days

[@femboydarky6563]

@@marcos.2373 Don't forget that UK sent some Tanks, troops and Air support to Greece.

[@marcos.2373]

@@femboydarky6563 yes and maybe some spartans too... Ahahah

[@femboydarky6563]

@@marcos.2373 hahahahahaha

[@mrwarmind]

please do videos about first and last cassualties of ww1 from each faction

[@targaflorio3239]

Remember kids. Not one single Allied soldier, plane, tank or ship was ever stopped by Italian armed forces in WWII. Not one. Ever. Victors write history. Always have. Always will. A lot of it heavily biased.

[@colonelcolonist6073]

The only infantry that wears a suit and tie while fighting #respect

[@carnoyoutubeman]

Can we have the Canadian Army next? For WW2 please

[@user-lg4re2cd3b]

The Carnotaurus King, yep, was Canada Britain's commonwealth?

[@carnoyoutubeman]

xXX_SADVERTS_XXx _____________________________ wasn't it always apart of the commonwealth?

[@gianca60]

Note: Italians did not fight the Stalingrad battle. They were deployed along the Don river.

[@amedeolivio534]

The grandfather of one of my friends fought in Egypt against England he was captured in 1941 and came back from England (where he worked as a prisoner) in 1946

[@caf_thetermit]

Can you do one from the finnish army of ww2?

[@gettingdown3716]

I think it is up

[@hentehoo27]

laitoin kerran samantyyppisen videoehdotuksen. vastauksena sain "te saitte jo videon talvisodasta". että sillai...

[@arvuuttaja1000]

mikko klinga Lol no Finland lost all the wars XD

[@mrminefield]

Tuppe. Du kan you the finish arm was better trained and equiped than the rusians they where just outnumberd.

[@albertbarese4170]

mikko klinga Every time, you mention the Winter War. You didn't fight the Soviets, you aren't Simo Hayha. Stop trying to take credit for what they did, you don't need to be proud, you weren't even a thought then.

[@stormrider1375]

"The German soldier has impressed the world, however the Italian Bersagliere soldier has impressed the German soldier." - Erwin Rommel, on a plaque dedicated to the Bersagliere in El Alamein

[@RetroGamers-ux3og]

I love what u are doing I love World War 1 keep up the great work

[@TheMikitas17]

great video, prefer to see a little bit about their weapons.

[@justinjavier977]

0:47 I've never seen such meme-ery if there is a word as such

[@liluziflop966]

This is a great video, keep up the great work, we are learning this in school right now so this is a really helpful video!

[@fbferrari1875]

Mr Simple History: Great video!!! Is it possible to produce something about Brazilian Army during the WWII campaign?? Pleaaaase

[@ingsnaut_7006]

Thanks mate

[@marioarias1899]

I love how they draw the guys on the thumbnail frowning and looking evil, they were just soldiers people

[@julianocolagiovanni6474]

My great grandfather fought in the Ethiopian war and was captured, he stayed in a prison for almost 5 years and he would have to drink his pee and was bearly fed until the Canadian army liberated him he later went back to Italy while his kids were in Canada him and his wife went to Canada

[@TheFreshman321]

Canadian liberated him..where? Can't have been in Ethiopia. Don't make sense.

[@constangelo1028]

@@TheFreshman321 They did, fighting for the British Commonwealth Forces in Africa after the Axis capitulation. It makes perfect sense.

[@CarloBiondi]

My grandfather was in the Italian artillery and fought in Greece in 1940-41

[@moon_raven0495]

0:39 that explains everything

[@emergencyexit7406]

Could you do the Antartic army during the battle of the polar bears (1896)

[@mrowcio7955]

Go WWII Factions: The Poland Army !!!

[@leithesocialistyuricon8981]

Poland polan can into space! 🇩🇪🇵🇱

[@mbrzozek8551]

Nano sine they had bigger and better equiped army they do

[@P_I_E_R_O_G_I_]

Poland yes!

[@rockgod6180]

Poland what army?

[@bagusradityabw6113]

Nano Ja

[@lifebattlefront7925]

Can you do one about the Persian gulf war, and then analyze both sides?

[@meessmulders569]

I'm just wondering, what sources do you use?

[@f_rogman]

Greek Army of ww2 Please!

[@taeru8786]

Their helmets looked pretty sweet though

[@pubgoncrack3178]

The background soundtrack is pretty good

[@ace2578]

I got my m33 steel helmet just yesterday night very cool and pretty nice overall

[@relj4047]

cool

[@part5jotarokujo512]

you forgot there secret weapon the "SPAGHETTI LAUNCHER"

[@snailuka]

PASTAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

[@fortvna.]

@Nis, Not really, but okay.

[@mayonenciom7983]

Not funny

[@hispanico9037]

@Nis, you are a joke, this is very funny🤣

[@DrSexo-dt8xo]

Not funny

[@fabio7361]

have you ever thought about making a video about the bersagliere?

[@ultramarine0123]

Some say Italy has never ended a war on the same side it started, unless the war was long enough to swap sides twice!

[@commodoreluigi1596]

ultramarine0123 makes no sense, but sure.

[@marcus4048]

ultramarine0123 *cough* ww1 *cough*

[@CaptainGrief66]

Italy is actually the second most successful nation in war since "more modern times" only beaten by France. Look it up. Also, WWI is not how Americans view it and talk about it. Italy didn't switch sides all of a sudden, they didn't enter the war and waited to break the pact with the central empires because they were tired of Austria, and then they won all by themselves.

[@marcus4048]

TheOtakuComrade true they did win on the Italian front which led to the collapse of Austria Hungary.

[@CaptainGrief66]

Gangstah Cat It's hilarious, a big and powerful nation like Austria-Hunagry defeated by the crumbling and disorganized White Army (Russians) and the never ending waves of screaming Bersaglieri and artillery shells on the Italian side.

[@losblancos6597]

Video on battle of El Alamein

[@scp106a3]

Do a fictional Factions series! plus do Fictional Factions: Arstotzkan army

[@Prauwlet213]

Fun fact: Im related to someone who saw an injured american soldier in Italy, and helped him recover. In case you dont know the punishment for that was public execution. They were never caught, and the civil war was won by the South. thats why I hate when people say italy switched sides.

[@Prauwlet213]

@Sursumkorda yes, they did, but because the government changed. The partisans took over italy and switched sides because they hated facism, not because italy was losing. You wouldnt say that america switched sides against slavery in their civil war. I am actually from a family torn apart by the italian civil war, and members of families killed each other.

[@joey8062]

What was the best weapons of the Italian army during ww2, her 90mm antiaircraft guns or their self propelled guns mounted on their tanks, I forget their name.

[@giulianoilfilosofo7927]

Semovente 75

[@exoteric_bb]

Do this: The Last Italian Cavarly Charge(I can’t spelled) Edit: It took place during world war II

[@thecommentaryking]

The Battle of Izbushensky

[@captsumeet1975]

You should make a video on the battle of Singapore

[@50mits]

You gotta do Greece WW2 next!!

[@ram61504]

Simple history will you please do the battle of the bulge?

[@hentehoo27]

I prefer the Continuation War

[@arvuuttaja1000]

Hente Hoo Yep because Finland lost it so badly:)

[@bagusradityabw6113]

Tuppe No they're not They became neutral and attacked all the german soldier who was stationed there-_-

[@aaronlin52]

PLEASE DO A VIDEO OF NORTH KOREA IN WW3!!!!

[@lorenzotorri605]

I hoped you would analyse divisions and structure of the army, not just the history. Nice video though

[@vardhangupta629]

Nice!

[@jole0000]

Next WWII factions: the Finnish army?

[@nickorlando2388]

One like = to respect and honor the all soldiers who died in ww2

[@mnmason81]

you should do civil war and American Revolutionary War or any

[@Shadow.Hunter935]

Love your channel! Do one of the Fascist Spanish Army please?

[@KC-bg1th]

As somebody already mentioned I'd like to hear about Canada in WW2. I'm Canadian/Italian, and I'd like to hear how they were more used by the British, rather than make (most) of their decisions on their own. Kind of like how Canada was used more as a unit than a Nation. I love Canadian WW2 history because it proved that Canadians could be relied on by powers like Britain and the US. My Nonno had fought in Sicily, around the same time my Great Uncle landed in Italy. My Nonno wasn't in the main defensive, and saw more combat during the retreat, while my great uncle was part of the core offensive. So the chances of them fighting in the same battle is astronomically low. When I asked my Great Uncle and Nonno about their morale and thoughts through the battle, they had polar opposite responses. My Great Uncle said that the only time he was able to feel fear was when he was on his way there, and when the battle was over, since he didn't have time to worry about fear, and the progress that they were making fortified the will to fight. My Nonno on the otherhand first had his best friend killed when his friend took over my nonnos patrol duty - it was a "should have been me" moment. After that, he had to March by foot for reinforcements, so he was exhausted, only to arrive to a clearly lost battle. He was exhausted and griefstricken only to reinforce an army that's about to surrender. The amount of things that unfolded in WW2 will make for a virtually endless supply of stories. Unfortunately, these stories are going to soon come to an end as old age takes away the veterans. R.I.P. To veterans of ALL nations of ALL wars. No matter what the fighting was for, they still had the bravery and courage to fight for it. That is something that I know that I wouldn't be strong enough to do, and is something that deserves absolute respect.