WWII Flashcards
Failure in France
June 1940
Failure in North Africa
October 1940 - May 1943
Italian troops outnumbered British
8:1
Only advanced 60 miles however
German forces arrive in Libya
Feb 1941
Defeat in battle of El Alamein
Nov 1942
Italian prisoners of war in North Africa by mid-1941
380,000
Failures in the med
Nov 1940
Disaster in Greece
Oct 1940
Defeat in Russia
Over 200,000 soldiers fought, barely any survived due to battle of Stalingrad
Number of Aircrafts build, Italy vs Britain
2000 in Italy by 1939
7,900 in Britain by 1939
1941, GDP spent on war effort
23%
Britain dedicated 55%
Liberal gov in WWI allocated 40%
Bread riots and strikes
over 100,000 people
March 1943
Allied invasion of Sicily
9th July 1943
Mussolini deposed
July 1943
Decision to remove Mussolini
19 votes to 7
Fascist Grand Council Resolution
25th July 1943
France surrender to Germany
22nd June 1940
British take Abyssinia
April 1941
Italians held prisoner by Jan 1941
125,000
Number of troops who invaded Greece
70,000
British sink Italians ships in Greece
3 Cruisers
2 Destroyers
German forces to Greece
6th April 1941
Italy steel production 1938
2.3 mill tonnes
Italy steel production 1942
1.9 million tonnes
Italy steel production 1943
1.7 million tonnes
Houses destroyed in Turin by 1943
25,000
Harvest decline
1.5 million tonnes 1938-43
Bread and eggs June 1943
Sold at 8x and 15x their official prices
March on Rome anniversary
only 800 squadistri out of 4600 turned up
