Mussolini's Military Presence In Italy Research Paper

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In real life, Italy hardly completed their national objectives, failing almost everything they did. Their military presence was very weak and they were only really relevant because of their alliance with one of the most powerful militaries of Germany. As well Mussolini lead the country very poorly with many bad decisions and controversy with others like Galeazzo Ciano. For example, “In October 1940, Benito Mussolini declared war on Greece”, this is a colonie Italy wanted but failed to get. This is due to their lack of military power and they went on to fail on getting many of their other colonies they wanted.

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