In World War II, Germany cut through France like butter.

Six weeks was the grand total of time from initial conflict to surrender.

The conditions of surrender were fairly favorable; France agreed to German occupation in the north and west while French civil administration remained, with the exception of the extreme southeast, which was occupied by their allies, the Italians.

Mussolini, left rather hungry after the Treaty of Versailles, a peace treaty that didn’t bring about peace but rather created fuel for strong nationalism that was easily weaponized, was hungry for Türkiye and Africa.