Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Why did Italy not enter the war in 1939?

This is an 8 mark AS Level question... to which I have no answer, nor can I find any in my notes or on wikipedia or google... please help! :)
Why did Italy not enter the war in 1939?
read your textbook
Why did Italy not enter the war in 1939?
Well, the simple answer was he (and everyone else) had no idea it would go so well for Hitler, he was more or less hedging his bets. Even in 1940 when the Germans invaded France, Mussolini did not declare war until victory was a foregone conclusion.
Reply:Here's a website that traces the whole German-Italian Alliance from their Pact of Steel in 1934, into the war years.


www.comandosupremo.com/Prewar.html


Or you can google up Italy in WW2 and find a variety of other sites as well.
Reply:Mostly because Italy was not ready for war yet. Both the training and equipment were still being developed. In fact Mussolini had wanted to wait at least two years to give Italy time to arm herself properly. But Hitler was an impatient man and refused to wait.


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