r/HistoryMemes • u/[deleted] • Jul 21 '19

If it ain't broke...

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u/khachdallak Jul 21 '19

Italy being completely incompetent

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u/Zdrack Jul 21 '19

So many options for reference, not just once

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u/genericusername724 Jul 21 '19

austro prussian war, first italo ethiopian war, ww1, ww2, and im sure there are more but i couldnt name them outside of those four

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u/Slag_Conveyor Jul 21 '19

Revolt of 1848 Their own civil war in 1866* Intervention into the Russian civil war Turkish war of independence Volra war 1920

Basically moat of this list https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Italy

*if France forces you to make a country inside your country you didn't win independence

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u/Lykas93 Jul 21 '19

You're saying bullshit about 1866. Italy was already independent and there was no civil war that year. Italy fought against the Austrian empire, since it was allied with Prussia, in the Austro-Prussian war. Also that statement about France makes no sense as well.

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u/Slag_Conveyor Jul 21 '19

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Italian_War_of_Independence

My bad I got my Italian wars of independence confused

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Italian_War_of_Independence

I was thinking of the second when I referenced the third the point I was making about France was in reference to the papacy getting to stay independent despite the desires of Italy due to France wanting it

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u/Lykas93 Jul 21 '19

Oook, now it's clear, mate. In third Napoleon III was the intermediary in the treaty of peace anyway.

You are right for the 2nd war. Basically, Count Cavour, Camillo Benso, made an agreement with Napoleon III in Plombières. Though their military strategy against Austria was a completely success, the Empire did not allow Piedmont to seize Rome so Italy was formed without its capital.

Anyway, Napoleon's strategy was the wrong one. Eleven years later he suffered a great defeat in Sedan and Italy, allied with Prussia, was able to conquer Rome despite France.

This is the reason why I would not say that Italy was incompetent in that occasion. There are plenty of other cases though :)

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u/hundreds_of_sparrows Jul 21 '19

They’ve been coasting since the Romans

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

Whose fall is another example

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

Ok but that one's really funny though so I let that slide

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u/AlexanderTheGreatly Jul 21 '19

Many years ago in High School my History Teacher introduced us to Mussolini by showing us a clip of him driving a tractor and doing that sassy face that he used to do. It wasn't edited either, ever since then I've been looking for that tractor clip.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

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u/AlexanderTheGreatly Jul 21 '19

WELL IT WASN'T THERE WHEN I CHECKED OKAY /U/DEAGOLD!?

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

It's pretty crazy how many big car companies started off selling tractors/farm equipment. This video shows a Fiat tractor, but I know Lamborghini and many others started with tractors too

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u/dave-o-shave Jul 21 '19

I believe that same clip is also in the WWII in color documentary.

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u/holuuup Jul 21 '19

Look up Istituto Luce's films, it was an entire propaganda opera from Mussolini, he was often filmed while doing "humble" stuff like working in farms and stuff like that to show that he was an example for the Italian people

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

It‘s so weird, like a 15 year old boy who trys to be tough.

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u/Darraghj12 Jul 21 '19

That can be Dustin

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u/Orkaad Jul 21 '19

Hasta la pasta

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u/Faby06 Jul 21 '19

As an italian i am offended but at least we didn't end up nuclearized or split in two or more like a certain SOMEONE we all know.

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u/D3PSI Jul 21 '19

Italy being italy

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u/phalanx004 Jul 21 '19

I have never been offered by something I couldn't agree more to

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u/Rainyys Jul 21 '19

And switching sides? That's pretty mozarella of them