notably or conspicuously unusual; extraordinary: a remarkable change. 2. worthy of notice or attention. Origin of remarkable. French. 1595-1605.
Mussolini planned for war in 1943-1945. But Hitler started World War II in September 1939, giving only one weekâs warning to the Italians and forcing an enraged, humiliated Mussolini to declare ânonbelligerence.â. Hitlerâs May 1940 successes persuaded Mussolini to intervene in a presumably short, parallel war.
In 1941, Italy allies with Germany and ruthlessly conquers the much weaker country of Greece. On a remote Greek island, an Italian artillery garrison is established to maintain order. One Italian officer, Captain Corelli, adopts an attitude of mutual co-existence with the Greeks and engages in such activities as music festivals and courting the daughter of a local doctor.