Why did Italy waste it's time conquering Africa when it could have focused on Latin countries and then the...

Why did Italy waste it's time conquering Africa when it could have focused on Latin countries and then the Mediterranean establishing Rome 2.0

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they needed Germany to invade Greece and were underequiped and underprepared against France

Because the big powers of the time didn't want it, so they continuously sabotaged any effort in that direction

Why is Ethiopia highlighted?

Beats me. Mussolini's lack of foresight i suppose.
The era of colonial adventures was over, he should've known. At least, if you consider the toll the other colonial powers paid, i can be happy we haven't suffered too much backlash. No hardcore guilt-based brainwashing concerning the subject, no constant stream of people from ex-colonies we're expected to call "Italian citizens", many war crimes pretty much swept under the rug. Could've been lot, lot worse.

Because africa was easier. El Duce had such grandiose ambitions that were almost impossible to achieve. I suppose holding overseas territories like Italian East Africa was supposed to restore the IMAGE of Rome the empire. Restoring the actual empire itself is much more difficult as you can imagine. I think Musssolini stopped caring since he refused to take Tunisia from France as a peace offering. Seems like it's better for the Italians this way, they already have enough north africans storming Lampedusa as is. I imagine it would've been worse if they were a colonial power of France's caliber

>At least, if you consider the toll the other colonial powers paid

What fucking toll?

Having to spend money on maintaining their rule in the colonies. Most overseas posessions consumed far more money than they ever brought.

>Having to spend money on maintaining their rule in the colonies.

Vast majority of colonies had negligible costs or were rule on the heap as well as a plethora of ways to reduce them even more. Malawi had the budget of Glasgow's street cleaning budget.

>Most overseas posessions consumed far more money than they ever brought.

Not exactly. Also colonies came with a lot of benefits to them one being a big source of soldiers..

Like roads were either built using private money OR paid using he colony generated taxes using colony labour. Education was done by missionaries or private entities like charity organisations. Infrastructure is built based of you the power's needs not the population you don't have to build those niggas shit past the bare minimum.

Britain had 50% tax on all Cocoa export and trade in English West Africa (or was it jsut Ghana) for British ww2 repairs.

anglos weren't good colonizers but evil exploiters, just ask any somali the difference between italian and british rulers

>evil exploiters
explain why all the subsaharans want us back in place of the chinese

That was one example I used user. I can use plenty of other stuff similar to that which other powers used. Also who cares about what the Somali's think, British Somalia is better off then Italian Somalia by far today and that doesn't negate my point.

>Using Michael Sata's election talk (which is typical election bullshit seen anywhere) as representative of the continent.

Even more delusional

Agreed, italians killed some rebels but even the most nationalistic libyan will concede that italy drastically improved the infrastructure. Colonial architechture is still the prime example that libyans follow. Their post colonial buildings all follow the example set by colonial ones because these were optimal for a country like Libya. They actually bothered developing the country instead of hoarding the resources like monkeys.

user they massacred Libyans in the early 20th century.

Which was funny

infrastructure won't really negate that abuse and everyone acknowledges that to a degree the infrastructure help out (which in lot of cases are litmed in several ways) but when you kill 80k and completely shit on the natives as they are now 2nd class citizens is it really worth the trade off?

After the libyans massacred surrendered italian troops. It's how retaliation works. Context matters.

shitalians were destroyed in France, Greece, the Balkans and Malta without gaymany's help.

the sheer amount of anglo slander and propaganda ITT, truly the most evil race

And Libyan were still treated like shit after that user.

Also shit started because mussolimi wanted to pick a fight and reconquest.

>he refused to take Tunisia from France as a peace offering
France never did that offer

newfag

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