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In World War 2 books, most military historians seem to just dismiss Italy as a liability to Germany. Infact their reputed ineptness surpasses just how badly the French did in 1940. But Italy was poorer in oil than Germany was. What I find ironic is that Italy had a vast amount of untapped oil reserves in Africa. Would Italy and the Axis for that matter have done better if oil was discovered in Lybia in 1925? Would a stronger Italy be able to put Mussolini in a better position to moderate German Nazi policies?