Mussolinis War by John Gooch

It is hard to imagine a finer account both of the sweep of Italys wars and of the characters caught up in them Caroline Moorhead The Guardian From an acclaimed military historian the definitive account of Italys experience of the Second World War While staying closely aligned with Hitler Mussolini remained carefully neutral until the summer of 1940. Then with the wholly unexpected and sudden collapse of the French and British armies Mussolini declared war on the Allies in the hope of making terr Paperback softback