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Damn, how did I miss that? I'll have to catch that on iPlayer. I love Jonathan Meades and his no-nosense blunt approach, I always remember the programme he did on Nazi architecture years ago.Mussolini always strikes me as an erratic character. By 1938 he was looking at ways of bringing Britain and France together with Italy to oppose any attempts by Germany to annex Austria, which they eventually did. Of course Abyssinia had by then scuppered any chances of a meaningful reapproachment with Britain and France, especially while he was still aiding Franco. Then he decided to throw in his lot with Hitler and looked for Albania and Greece as easier pickings. While he may of wanted to tackle France at some point, and perhaps had the events of 1939 been different, both Italy and France as the major Med powers would eventually have been forced into friction and war eventually. But I think for the period 1920-1940 Italy was too weak to seriously embark on any expansionist wars against France.
Damn, how did I miss that? I'll have to catch that on iPlayer. I love Jonathan Meades and his no-nosense blunt approach, I always remember the programme he did on Nazi architecture years ago.
Mussolini always strikes me as an erratic character. By 1938 he was looking at ways of bringing Britain and France together with Italy to oppose any attempts by Germany to annex Austria, which they eventually did. Of course Abyssinia had by then scuppered any chances of a meaningful reapproachment with Britain and France, especially while he was still aiding Franco. Then he decided to throw in his lot with Hitler and looked for Albania and Greece as easier pickings. While he may of wanted to tackle France at some point, and perhaps had the events of 1939 been different, both Italy and France as the major Med powers would eventually have been forced into friction and war eventually. But I think for the period 1920-1940 Italy was too weak to seriously embark on any expansionist wars against France.
