There are a lot of segments on the internet these days about how the Italian army in WWII was ? unreliable? The same are composed of Italian armed men, why the army's combat power is so weak, while the mafia is so powerful?

First of all, we have to correct a cognitive misunderstanding, in the World War II period Italian army, although unreliable, but the fighting strength is actually not as bad as the Internet rumors. The reason why there are a lot of negative paragraphs spread out is because there is a part of the Italian army's anti-war sentiment is very high, the face of the war when the performance is very negative, so sometimes it will spread some very strange paragraphs.

Historically, the Roman Empire was not a country to be messed with, and Italy, as a continuation of the race of the ancient Roman Empire, was leaner than a horse, and the Italian army in World War II was not so weak as to accomplish nothing.

But in general, the Italian army during World War II really does not have a high sense of existence, although the fascist is composed of Italy, Germany and Japan, the three countries of the Axis, but the existence of a higher sense of nothing more than Germany and Japan.

Germany in Europe is equivalent to directly singled out France and Britain, these old capitalist countries, from the east and west at the same time with the Soviet Union and the United States of America two countries at war; and Japan in Asia in the Second World War period of the front is also very long, Japan is equivalent to the neighboring countries as a whole is in a state of combat, although the main battlefield in China, but Japan in Southeast Asia, as well as the Pacific region, the investment of troops is not to be underestimated. The army of Japan in Southeast Asia and the Pacific region should not be underestimated.

Japan and Germany are the equivalent of ? fighting for a week?

Japan and Germany were the equivalent of fighting for a week, and overall they had a strong offensive and defensive presence, compared to which Italy fared a bit poorly. As agreed upon by the Fascist Axis, Italy's main military mission was to take the Balkan region as well as North Africa. In terms of division of labor, the opponents that Italy faced were not even close to Japan and Germany, and despite this Italy's performance in terms of overall military operations was very average indeed.

The Italian army Balkan Peninsula region is still considered a small success, but in other battlefields often defeat, and at that time Germany only from the United Kingdom unilateral military pressure to face than vigorously full-scale war will have to face the mental pressure is also big, not to mention that at that time Germany has to face a huge plastic.

Then Hitler also formally saw the Italian army so a characteristic, so in the later arrangements of the Italian army as the role of more transportation tasks. And for the overall offensive battle plan, the Italian army is involved in very little. Because it is precisely for this reason that we all know that the performance of the Italian army was really very average.

Then, in fact, the Italian mafia is not as powerful as everyone imagines, and the Italian army is not a level at all, and its high presence is relative to other countries' underworld organizations.

The mafia organizations in any country cannot compete with the government forces. The Italian mafia by nature belongs to a local, national power organization, only to be suppressed by the official government as an underworld nature.

The Mafia organization originated in Sicily, a region in southwestern Italy that has historically been an independent region. Although it has changed rulers throughout history, it is at least an independent kingdom that has achieved national self-rule, and therefore there are no incidents of oppression by foreigners.

In the 19th century, due to the expansion of global colonial rule, Spain and France occupied and colonized Sicily. During the colonial rule, the living space of the local people was absolutely compressed, and they had to work unconditionally for the colonizers.

There were many military resistance groups in Sicily, similar to the guerrilla groups in China during the war. Later, these guerrillas formed an underground armed resistance group, which asked the Italian government for help in driving out the colonists. With Italy's help, Spain and France were driven out one after another.

After the colonial powers were expelled, Sicily did not become an independent country, and Italy intervened and declared itself the ruler of Sicily in 1860. Unlike other colonizers, Italy did not colonize Sicily, but controlled it as a normal region, and the social status of the Sicilian people in the country was greatly improved.

The conflict between the ethnic groups has been greatly eased, and the people also have a certain power in their hands, so some of the local armed forces have disbanded themselves. For the sake of self-protection of the local people of Sicily, the Resistance still retains a part of the military armament.

In the beginning, the Italian government hoped to negotiate a complete disarmament of the resistance, but this was not agreed by the resistance, so the two sides broke out.

Because these resistance organizations were supported by Italy to drive out Spain and France, without the assistance of Italy, their own military strength is negligible. So after the Resistance and the Italian government fell out, the Resistance was quickly wiped out by the Italian government, and the Resistance had to go underground, and the underground Resistance was the predecessor of the Mafia.

So in a certain sense, the Mafia is formed by a nation under specific conditions and the government on the confrontation type of organization, and this kind of organization in the world is not uncommon, but Italy's mix is worse, become a gangster organization.

While other countries have directly become an anti-government armed forces, such as some of the anti-government armed forces in the Middle East, the relationship between these anti-government armed forces and the government is actually the same as the relationship between the Mafia and the Italian government. Only the Italian mafia is a worse mix, so it becomes the best of the best.

In short, the mafia simply does not have the ability to compete with the government, and historically the Italian government has suppressed the mafia organization many times, each time causing the mafia a great deal of damage. In the 1980s, the Italian mafia organization reached its peak state, in the economy and security above has threatened the Italian government, but the Italian government in less than a year to eliminate most of the mafia leaders, the original highly organized mafia was also torn apart.

After entering the 21st century, due to the lack of certain development conditions, coupled with the recognition of the Italian government by the local residents of Sicily, the Mafia's support within Italy has now gradually declined, and its presence is getting weaker by the day.