jesus. yeah let’s make people aware of this.

@metalman thank you!

just noticed, thank you

Honestly, the Italians *are* the reason the Nazis could not win. Specifically, Operation Barbarossa. Mussolini screwed up his takeover of Greece so bad Hitler had to bail him out. That delayed the Wermacht’s conquest of the USSR, which should have been begun in the summer and was delayed to the winter (and history has numerous examples of why you don’t fight the russkies in the snow, unless you’re Finnish). Then, the protracted fighting in the Eastern Front drained his resources for Africa and his “Fortress Europe”, leaving several incomplete gaps that the Allies exploited, first in Africa over years, then in Normandy and beyond in 6/6/1944 with Operation Overlord.
TL;DR: Mussolini lost the war for the Nazis.

YESSSSSSS
Also, another Jim Butcher book series; Codex Alera. Start to finish an absolute winner.

thank you!

Fun Fact! For most of Roman History, the gladiatorial games were mostly non-lethal, with contestants battling until injury or disarmament, as well as a venue for public execution. Gladiators were expensive and were considered celebrities, so killing them every match would have been a terrible investment.
So, yeah, bring them back the same except public execution. i’m game. and the robots, that’d be badass.