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Under such motivation, the soldiers were not averse to the battlefield, they even hoped to establish certain merits there, in order to create a better life for themselves and their families.
Bufford would still order the execution of flanking maneuvers, even if they faced not just 150,000 Italian troops but 1.5 million, because 1.5 million Italian troops would mean even more merit.
Moreover, as early as the African battlefield, General Bufford had a clear understanding of the actual combat effectiveness of the Italian military. If it had been 150,000 German troops, maybe he would have had reservations, but even with 1.5 million Italian troops, they would still surrender when it was time to do so.
On February 11, 1938, backed by Australasia and Britain, a military conflict also erupted in South America.