1940 Italy's entry into the war
75 years ago, on June 10, 1940, Italy declared war on France and Great Britain and thus entered World War II on the side of Germany. The fascist dictator Mussolini counted on an easy walk through France, already defeated by the Wehrmacht, but the Italian troops met fierce resistance from the French units twice as large as they were, which they could not break until the capitulation of Paris to Hitler. Mussolini's French campaign was called the "victorious embarrassment".