The Franco-Italian War (10.6. - 25.6. 1940)
The fact that Mussolini in defiance of the Steel pact with Germany did not enter the war in September 1939 cannot be attributed to his peaceful ways, but the unpleasant fact of Italy and her army wasn't ready to go to war and the Italian economy thanks to the generous support of the nationalist in Spain teetering on the very edge of national bankruptcy.