>already dead >still inflict a 16:1 casualty ratio on italians

>>2789100

>Invading the alps
>Doesn't use Alpini troops or bersaglieri commandos

What in the fuck Italy.

>>2789100
I feel so bad for them to be honest

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>"The Italian command was, for the most part, not equal to the task of carrying on war in the desert, where the requirement was lightning decision followed by immediate action. The training of the Italian infantryman fell far short of the standard required by modern warfare. … Particularly harmful was the all pervading differentiation between officer and man. While the men had to make shift without field-kitchens, the officers, or many of them, refused adamantly to forgo their several course meals. Many officers, again, considered it unnecessary to put in an appearance during battle and thus set the men an example. All in all, therefore, it was small wonder that the Italian soldier, who incidentally was extraordinarily modest in his needs, developed a feeling of inferiority which accounted for his occasional failure and moments of crisis. There was no foreseeable hope of a change for the better in any of these matters, although many of the bigger men among the Italian officers were making sincere efforts in that direction.

The moment the Italians declared war, their officer class should have been sent to Germany for training, their troops placed under German leadership.

Its called trying to be the aggressor in Mountainous terrain. Italy should have always stayed defensive

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>Italy

>>2789161
>The moment the Italians declared war, their officer class should have been sent to Germany for training,
This stuff you do before war.

>>2790336
Italy wasn't ready for war, their leaders admitted as much themselves. They only got involved at Mussolini's orders because he thought that the war would be over soon and Italy could nab some easy concessions before it ended. Very wrong.