France Through Italy, Leningrad through the Baltic countries and Baku through Turkey in 1939

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As stated the best motorized Italuan division was trounced in Guadalajara.

The I-16 from 1936 wiped out Italian aviation, not Polikarpovs.

Only a useless army requires a year, incurring heavy casualties, a fortune and poison gas to refeat barefoot troops with bolt action rifles and a few MG.

Only a useless can be defeated by much smaller Greek forces and much smaller Indian forces in Libya abd IEA.

Benny never sent the best in Spain and for the Wermatch the real danger come from the Alpini that man the fortification at the border, a border were the panzer and all the trunk and IFV are a liability.
The I-16 is the Polikarpovs.

The war in Ethiopia lasted 8 months and Italy suffered around 10.000 dead (colonial troops and civilian included)...so not that high
The IEA defeat was because the place was basically isolated and unlike the commonwealth troops the italian forces cannot receive supply or reinforcements, in Lybia was because the British tank were basically invulnerable to the italian AT...both thing that doesn't apply in this situation.

The stab in back of the Russian basically deprived the Polish of the place were retreat their force and at least attempt an evacuation in Romania making their strategic situation unbearable

Regarding sping 1938 sure nobody wanted a war...and neither Germany was ready for one
 

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Benny never sent the best in Spain and for the Wermatch the real danger come from the Alpini that man the fortification at the border, a border were the panzer and all the trunk and IFV are a liability.
The I-16 is the Polikarpovs.

The war in Ethiopia lasted 8 months and Italy suffered around 10.000 dead (colonial troops and civilian included)...so not that high
The IEA defeat was because the place was basically isolated and unlike the commonwealth troops the italian forces cannot receive supply or reinforcements, in Lybia was because the British tank were basically invulnerable to the italian AT...both thing that doesn't apply in this situation.

The stab in back of the Russian basically deprived the Polish of the place were retreat their force and at least attempt an evacuation in Romania making their strategic situation unbearable

Regarding sping 1938 sure nobody wanted a war...and neither Germany was ready for one
 

Agathocles

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Gernant was much bettervprepared to 8nva Italy in 1938, than to invade Poland in 1949, Norway against the RN and thenFrance-the low countries in 1940 or the USSR in 1941.

There were more planes (and less worn out) available to attack tiny Italian aviation and armor in 1938 than to attack the massive Soviet aviation and armor in 1941.

Polikarpov produced also thousands of linen biplanes, so calling an I-16 a Polikarpov makes little sense.

Tje I-16 were so successful against Gernan and Italian biplane fighters and monoplane bombers, that the LW had to send the Bf 109.
 
Gernant was much bettervprepared to 8nva Italy in 1938, than to invade Poland in 1949, Norway against the RN and thenFrance-the low countries in 1940 or the USSR in 1941.

There were more planes (and less worn out) available to attack tiny Italian aviation and armor in 1938 than to attack the massive Soviet aviation and armor in 1941.

Polikarpov produced also thousands of linen biplanes, so calling an I-16 a Polikarpov makes little sense.

Tje I-16 were so successful against Gernan and Italian biplane fighters and monoplane bombers, that the LW had to send the Bf 109.
Dude, you're talking about the very same Germany where generals had a plan to oust Hitler in 1938 if the Czechoslovakia thingy escalated to a war.

Lol, there's no way Germany would've been able to ROFLstomp Europe the way you claim.
 

Agathocles

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So you think that the isolated, barefoot Ethiopians with rifles holding back the Italians with planes, artillery, vehicles, etc, for 8 months and the Italians losing Ethiopia, Erithrea and Somalia in less time is not indicative of lousy Italian perfoemance?
 

Agathocles

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Dude, you're talking about the very same Germany where generals had a plan to oust Hitler in 1938 if the Czechoslovakia thingy escalated to a war.

Lol, there's no way Germany would've been able to ROFLstomp Europe the way you claim.

Gernan generals could also make plans about revolting, if invading Italy escalates into war, which is less likely, given Mussolini's unpopularity and which they wouldn't implement anyway.
 

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