Comments on: Field Marshal Giovanni Messe http://comandosupremo.com/messe.html Documenting the Italian political and military actions of World War Two Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:26:09 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Luigi http://comandosupremo.com/messe.html/comment-page-1#comment-594 Luigi Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:59:27 +0000 http://comandosupremo.com/?p=355#comment-594 Hello, Arditi troops were the Italian equivalent of German Stosstrupp: they had nothing to do with paras, even less in WWI: at that time there were no parachuters around... Maybe one could translate with "Shock troops" or "Assault sappers" or units or something like that. Good work anyway. Worth noting is also the fact that, as commander of the CSIR he had the guts to openly oppose the widening of the expeditionary corp to an army level, knowing too well the logistical shortcomings it would face. Maybe one of the very few Italian generals on par with its German counterpart as far as competence and spirit goes. Hello, Arditi troops were the Italian equivalent of German Stosstrupp: they had nothing to do with paras, even less in WWI: at that time there were no parachuters around… Maybe one could translate with “Shock troops” or “Assault sappers” or units or something like that.

Good work anyway. Worth noting is also the fact that, as commander of the CSIR he had the guts to openly oppose the widening of the expeditionary corp to an army level, knowing too well the logistical shortcomings it would face.
Maybe one of the very few Italian generals on par with its German counterpart as far as competence and spirit goes.

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