translate English to German: France and Italy, each defeated in turn at an interval of a few months by the two Germanic Powers, would have been well out of it. Both would have had to renounce their inappropriate aspirations to greatness.
Das Versagen der italienischen Divisionen in Nordafrika konnte die Schlappe in Nordfrankreich vergessen machen: Ich glaube, das alte England eines Pitt hätte diese Friedens-Chancen ergriffen.