Chapter 116
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July 1, 1940
Central Italy, the Italian capital - Rome Italy had fully expected Germany to launch an offensive and had prepared for it in its own way.
They diligently reinforced their defense lines and accelerated the production of new fighter aircraft, doing their best by Italian standards to prepare their defenses.
The problem, however, was the miserable reality that doing one's best does not always yield the best results.
“What are you going to do now?”
Mussolini, who had grown timid and quiet after a series of military failures and Himmler's grand failure, finally raised his deep baritone voice to interrogate Chief of the General Staff Badoglio.
For Chief of the General Staff Badoglio, it was a dumbfounding situation, but he had nothing to say.
“Why are you silent, Chief of the General Staff? You were the one who said that putting all our efforts into a defensive war was the best choice for Italy, and you were the one who said we couldn't spare the Air Force for an attack on British strongpoints in the Mediterranean because there were signs of a German invasion.”