Documenting the Italian political and military actions of World War Two
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In 1941, he became commander of the CSIR (Corpo di Spedizione Italiano in Russia) and fought with distinction on the Eastern front until 1943. When Rommel moved up to command Heeresgruppe Afrika in March of that year, Messe succeeded him as commander of Panzerarmee Afrika, now renamed the First Italian Army.
The Campini-Caproni CC.2 jet, also known as the Campini-Caproni N.1, was the first jet to come out of Italy. It was the world’s second jet plane. The Campini-Caproni CC.2 was the brainchild of Secondo Campini, who developed the jet with the help of the Caproni aircraft-manufacturing firm.
King Umberto I was assassinated in 1900, at which time Vittorio Emanuele became King of Italy. For a time, King Vittorio enjoyed relative peace in his country. However, fourteen years after he became king, World War I began.
Over the course of four hours, roughly 4,750 Italian soldiers had been massacred. When the massacre was over (or so it seemed), some 4,000 members of the Acqui Division remained. They were loaded into ships to be sent to German labor camps.
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