This is a trick question....
There are many documents that clearly state that Italy wasn't planning for war until 1942/43. Even with this understanding, Mussolini hadn't articulated any goals for war at that time. Most people look to his statement made in his 10 June 1940 declaration of war which spoke of...
We take up arms to resolve, after having resolved the problem of our continental frontiers, the problem of our maritime borders; we want to break the territorial chains that suffocate us in our sea, since a population of forty-five million souls is not truly free if it does not have free access to the ocean.
... but no military planning to achieve these goals was initiated. Mussolini issued his war guidance in a secret letter dated 31 March 1940 but delivered on 6 April which placed Italy on the defense on all fronts. Only an invasion of Yugoslavia was mentioned, but then only if favorable conditions arose (no plans were ordered for actions to create those favorable conditions). The decision to go to war on 10 June was made in haste and based on the belief that Germany would win. His 'goal' at the time was to be at the peace talks.
It is only at the end of June 1940 that Mussolini began to accept that the war would continue. Even then no long term plan was developed. What followed until September 1943 was a series of 'spur of the moment' decisions initiating actions that weren't tied to any long-term national strategy.
There were documents stating that the nation only had the resources to fight for three-six months.
Pista! Jeff
