Surrender is a symbol of shame for an army, and it is only a last resort to avoid casualties after defeat. In many cultures, it is better to die than to surrender, but some countries have a soft spot for surrender. Even when the other party does not accept his surrender, he chases the other side and fights until the other party accepts his surrender.
In 1939, World War II broke out, and the two sides of the war were the Allied Powers of the United States, the Soviet Union, and France, and the Axis Powers composed of Italy, Japan, and Germany. The two opposing forces had strange teammates, the Allies were France, which surrendered in 38 days, and the Axis Powers, Italy, which did not want to surrender at all times.
As the field marshal who single-handedly promoted the German-Italian alliance, Rommel said with great regret: "If Italy is the enemy, 10 divisions can be destroyed; unfortunately, Italy is an alliance, and we need to send 50 divisions to the rescue." "What kind of irony did Italy do to make the Desert Fox so repulsive to it?"
In 1941, Rommel was fighting the British 22nd Panzer Division in the North African War, which was the ace of the British Army, and Rommel, with excellent tactical skills, held the main Force of the British Army in the North African battlefield, reaching a small country "outside the enemy's door". In order to completely destroy this enemy main force, Rommel asked Mussolini to send the Italian "Ram" panzer division to assist.
Rommel was very familiar with the combat strength of the Italian army, and he did not expect to be able to fight together, only hoping that the Italian army could sit on the flank and not let the British army collapse and flee. The "Progo" panzer division, the ace of the Italian Army, was equipped with 26 M42 and M40 anti-tank assault guns and 5 M43 heavy fire assault guns. 2 tank regiments, more than 200 M13 main battle tanks and L3 light tanks. In terms of equipment, it was not inferior to the main force of the German army at that time.
However, Rommel still looked up to Italy, and the next action of the Italian army made people call "strange". Major General Mario Barrotta, the commander of the Italian Panzer Division, had been drumming in his heart when he learned that the opponent was the British 22nd Panzer Division, he did not think that he could win the British, and he was also afraid that the British would use themselves as a breakthrough point to abandon Rommel to attack himself, so he made a very strange decision.
He sent two officers to the British camp to negotiate peace with the British army and take a detour from each other. However, before the two officers reached the British territory, they were blown up by British artillery. Mario stomped his feet and ordered ,"Fire! In this way, the Italian panzer division destroyed 79 British tanks and 53 armored vehicles in 2 hours. The Italians lost only 43 M3 light tanks.
In fact, the strength of the Italian army is not bad, and Italy's military industry is also very developed, otherwise Hitler would not have pulled Italy as an ally. However, italians who are naturally peace-loving have no idea about aggressive expansion, preferring to make pasta at home. After Mussolini and a small number of ambitious elements came to power, in order to realize their ambitions, they wrapped up the whole of Italy and tied the people to chariots, which led to the italian army being passive and sluggish, and the surrender of the war occurred.
Of course, this result was naturally preserved in World War II, and in the case of the Axis powers, Italy had the best post-war outcome, and during the war, Italian soldiers were also the least killed of the Axis powers. Even in Australia, when 20,000 captured Italian soldiers were repatriated, more than 4,000 of them returned with Australian girls, which was really a battlefield defeat.