I'm surprised you still talk of Italians as cowardly, because of WWII. It just proves you don't know what you're talking about, just repeating what you heard. What about the Italian Resistance movement, who actually fought against the Germans? Were they cowards? The plain fact is, the bulk of the Italian people had no interest in that war - particularly against Britain and America. Their soldiers surrendered in droves, then joined us in fighting the Germans! (No I am not Italian - nor is any member of my family).