Against the background of social unrest after World War I, Mussolini, who had already taken power in 1922 with his March on Rome, initially despised Hitler, a low-class worker in Vienna who had no educational background. Around the time of Hitler's second visit to Italy after taking power, the situation began to reverse. Influenced by Hitler's subsequent diplomatic successes, he intervened in the Spanish Civil War, made Albania a protectorate, and went on to neutralize at World War II. After entering the war, Italy was no match for Germany in terms of national strength and military morale. Hitler's lofty ideals prompted Mussolini to be an Octavian, who wanted to recreate the prosperity of the Roman Empire as it was in the past, and to make the Mediterranean coast entirely Italian. However, as early as 1941, he stumbled in Greece and struggled against the British in North Africa, leading to the appearance of German General Rommel. Although it also declared war on the Soviet Union, Germany, like other allied countries, saw it only as an auxiliary force and only played a role of flank support, but like the Romanian and Hungarian forces, the Soviet Union targeted it to break the front. It turned out to be a disgrace. In such a situation, it was too much spoiled to ask Hitler to spare the German army for the confrontation with Britain and the United States, which should have made peace with the Soviet Union, and for the defense of Italy. Moreover, Count Ciano, the husband of Mussolini's daughter Edda, was completely distrusted by Germany. Hitler called Ciano a "disgusting young man". In the first place, Ciano was Mussolini's messenger rather than foreign minister. That makes it very difficult to evaluate him. Both husband and wife openly had mistresses, and Mrs. Edda's love affair with General Zhang Xueliang when she was stationed in Shanghai is particularly famous. It seems that they were consistently against reckless policies of Germany. He seems to have hinted to his father-in-law that he should cut ties with Germany, but was ignored………

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