I realize that at first glance, Italy may appear to have been penealized more severly than it indeed does deserve. However, as a student of history and political science, I get to read a large amount of interesting books (boring ones as well, but thats not my point), I recently came across a book called "Hitler's Italian Allies." A military, socio economic study of the italin war effort. A topic it attempted to give an overview of. The situation can only be refered to as Fawlty Towers staring john cleese as Mussolini.
To manage a industrialized society, you need educated people, in 1931-Italy still had 20,9% illiteracy rating. By 1951, it was still at 12,9%
By comparison, it was all but wiped out in germany by 1900.
As for Industrial capacity, 42% of the german workforce was in the industrial, and in italy slightly less than 30%. The major difference however was output.
Germany industrys share of the national product had passed that of agriculture in 1890, whereas Italy only reached the desicive benchmark in 35-40 and slipped back in 1941 and after.
During the war, the Italian armed forces only got 23% of the gross national product.... How is that for a "total war."
Leading up to and during the war, most of the armaments industry was occupied with fraud, and illigal cartels, to svindle the state for the largest amount possible.
The absence of any kind of modern millitary culture, except for to a degree in Piedemont was depressing. In the words of one of the leading army historians: "Italy has never seemed well-inclined toward arms...In reality one must admit that italy has never been well-inclined towards the state, whatever its leadership." The large pesant class, dislikeing authority, and holding no allegiance except to his family and the land of his ancesters, make poor conquerers. A hopeless and fatalistic stubborness to any kind of modernization, can still be seen today in italy.
A national research concil, under the general staff was responsible for directing millitary-industrial research. But it concentrated on autarchic nostrums such as the cultivating of guyule bushes, imported form the US, as a rubber substitute. Potentialy vital research such as radar and Enricion Fermis nuclear work(before he imegrated to the Us, due to the racial laws) were not prominent on its agenda.
This and 200 pages more, give good reason for why Italy should be penalized.
Come on, Hitler offered the prints, and technicians to make the panzer 3&4, and FIAT refuesed. HE GAVE THEM FOR FREE!
The low moral bit, is quite understandable, when the massive amounts of soldiers surendered in Africa, almost without seeing combat.
Winston Churchil referd to the RAF pilots with the phrase: "Never has so much been owed to so few.
Anthony Eden, the foreign secretary refered to the surrendering Italians in Africa with a pun on Churchills phras: Never has so many surrendered to so few."
THAT IS WHY ITALY IS PENALIZED, BECAUSE THEY DESERVED IT!!!!!!!!!!
i'm playing the first time this mod (2.08)when i enter in war i have seen that italian army is penalized by 1/4 in morale!I disagree with this choice, because this is only a game and all the armies must have the same level of morale; there are the tech trees to advantage or not the army.You have add too many penaltyes to this poor nation.
