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The Italian armed forces in WW2 were never a major force, and in most cases, they were involved in minor, sideshow actions, such as their attacks against the tribesmen in Ethiopia, who had no armor, nor artillery, and traveled on camels.

When the Italians met modern well trained troops, they folded like a cheap suit, and surrendered by the thousands, only to happy to get out of the fighting alive. The Italian navy was a little better, and the Italian air force was OK but had poor equipment and planes to work with.

The Germans didn't trust the Italians to fight well, even in defense of their own country, and never relied on them to hold a position without having German troops behind them to keep them from running away from the front lines. The joke of that time was that the Italian tanks had one forward speed but four reverse gears, to be able to get away faster.

True the Germans didn't trust the Italians to fight, but they still used them. As the Axis forces experienced more defeats, the Germans began treat the Italian soldier as 2nd class soldier and not as an ally. By mid 1943, the Italian people and the soldiers were tied of fighting and not having better equipment.

However, there were times the Italian soldier excelled. On 13 September 1940, the Italian army in Libya crossed into Egypt and in four days they had pushed the British army back 60 miles. When the German VI Army was surrounded at Stalingrad, a column lead by the 6th Alpini Regiment broke thru the Russian lines and fought their way out of the encirclement.

still however they dragged Germany into Africa, and the balkans.

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While Italy did not play a major role in combat operations in WW2, it may have greatly impacted the eventual defeat of Germany. Due to the Italian failure to defeat Greece, the Germans were forced to delay Operation Barbarossa (Axis invasion of USSR) to reinforce their allies in the region. The delay impacted the severity of the Russian winter by the time Axis forces reached key Soviet objectives, and may have turned the tide of war against them.

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The impact that Mussolini made in WWII was that he made all of Italy a fascist country (just like Hitler did in Germany), he instilled fear in his people as well as raised their hope to put Italy back on the map as a force to be reckoned with.

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Mussolini told Italy that they can have all the land they want if they fight in World War 2. he said that they would not lose the war.

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They invaded Africa & Greece

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