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Originally Posted by Strengthandhonour
I agree with you.
Plus, a lot of the Italians were confused about the invasion of Greece. For example, my grandfather and some men from the era I have interviewed told me that during this time, Greece was studied a lot in school. The Greeks were seen as the racial and spiritual counterparts of the ancient Romans. It left a lot of Italians confused as to why we should invade this counterparts of ours?
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"Stessa faccia, stessa razza" or "Ilia fatsa, ilia ratsa" or "same face, same race". My father says he remembers his aunt saying the same thing about going to war against the Germans; that they were our cousins and it made no sense.