This is the same Italy that experienced Caporetto in 1917 and thereafter saw the infusion of numerous French, British and American divisions in order to fortify it? Seems odd to call the Austrians dregs when there Army remained firm until the political situation collapsed in October of 1918 and criticize them for German support when Italy was doing the exact same thing.
No one has yet to offer any reasonable explanation, either, of how the Italians, the British and the French survive 1917 once the Americans cut off credit.
...and which came back under Armando Diaz and broke the kuk more or less in its own, 2nd Piave was 52 Italian divisions to 3 French and 2 British. Italians in wwi do not deserve their reputation (imo tainted, like the French, by wwii). The stalemate on the Izonzo was hardly worse than verdun especially given the terrain, and the disaster at caporetto was accomplished with heavy German backing, the Italians were "winning" (onsofar as they wwre attacking and tskijg austtian territory rather than the other eay around) against Austria or at least stalemating her before that. The disaster at caportetto is also overstated- the Veneto region is peripheral to Italy, and the Germans didn't even take the best parts of it either.
Which brings me back to my original point. Gemrany has imo the ability to knock France out of the war, or to prop up her allies. Not both at once.
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