Arthur's attitude had already made it clear; he was not willing to let Italy off easily.
With Arthur's stance, the Australasian government naturally understood what they needed to do.
In the routine meeting among the Allied Nations, Australasia once again reiterated the United Nations Declaration they had signed and stated that no country had the right to sign a cease-fire agreement with Italy alone.
The implication was already clear, they must fight to the death with Italy.
This did not conflict with the interests of Britain and France, after all, they could gain many benefits from a defeated Italy.
Perhaps realizing he had no way out, Mussolini began frantically arming more military forces, trying to resist the British-French-Australian forces to the death.
But the outcome had already proved that such desperate resistance was futile.
