[mkjessup]

I asked this once before and forgot the answer. Did Italians ever fight Americans?

You know that's a good question and while I don't have any hard data one way or the other, my gut reaction was "no, they didn't actually fight U.S. troops", and if true I'd like to think they viewed themselves as having more in common with Americans than with Germans.

[dp0622]

geez, i looked up Italy’s involvement in WWII and found a million things i didn’t know. Will read the rest later.

Mussolini dreamed of a new Roman Empire.

His people said they could not be ready for war before 1943 but Hitler got impatient and invaded Poland.

Also says Italian forces would not let Nazis take Jews from town in France, even blocking them at one point.

Hitler had serious problems with this.

Fascinating.

Italy was not an industrial country yet. Not ready for war.

[alexander_busek]

I asked this once before and forgot the answer. Did Italians ever fight Americans?

You know that's a good question and while I don't have any hard data one way or the other, my gut reaction was "no, they didn't actually fight U.S. troops",

On Dec. 11, 1941, Italy declared war on the U.S. It was not until Sept. 08, 1943, when Italy changed sides, that hostilities between the two countries ceased. At the beginning of the invasion of Sicily (part of Italy) by Patton, Italy and the U.S. were thus still at war with each other. Thus: Yes, American and Italian troops did battle each other during WW II.

Regards,