Italy: In terms of Italy's World War experience, they were passive. Italy had a stance that was borderline "Watch the others fight" and "Take action once we know how this war is going". Italy was divided between the socialists and the nationalists. The nationalists, like Mussolini, were against the war and thought that action should be taken, while the socialists wanted to stand down and see the war's turnout. But it 1915, there was the Secret Treaty of London sent from Britain, that offered Italy land if they were to join the Entente. Italy could not refuse such a deal, so they took it and switched sides.
The Great Depression in Italy was seen as a small loss, but did not harm the well being of Italy's economy. Italy lost its international trade networks, but was able to maintain their jobs and stabilize the workflow.
Germany: During the war Germany was a strong warring power, but were not strong enough to fight the Entente's final push aided by the Americans. Germany did in fact though develop strong military weaponry that influenced many other great powers at the time. But in the end they were forced to weaken their military forces and give up parts of their land. In terms of the great depression, Germany was hit as hard as any other country during its time. Germany lacked the strong economical foothold, and lost much, just as the other countries did.
Sources:
Italy: http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~quadrini/papers/deprpap.pdf
Germany: In Class information
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Austin, although Germany was hit hard by the Great Depression, in my opinion i do not think that they suffered as much as any other country. Hitler and the Nazi party did a good job of providing jobs and giving ways to make money to the people, which softened the punch that was Great Depression
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