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Event Calendar – 2012

January 4, 2012 By

Event calendar of battaglione Alpini sciatori, Monte Cervino

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Italian Army of 1940: Facilitator or Victim of Mussolini’s Failed War Strategy? Part Two

August 18, 2011 By
Mussolini reviewing troops

There were many in the Comando Supremo in the late 1930′s who were very aware that the Italian army would not be ready for some years time in regards to modernization of equipment and tactics to fight in a European war.

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Book Preview: Sacrifice on the Steppe

July 19, 2011 By
Alpini on the Russian Don

Raw courage and endurance blend with human suffering, desperation and altruism in the harrowing saga of the withdrawal from the Don lines, the capture and imprisonment of thousands and survival of the few.

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The Isbuscenskij charge

January 16, 2011 By
3rd Regiment "Savoia Cavalleria". Photo credit. Instituto Luce

It was 3:30 am on Oct. 24, when a recon patrol of six troopers under the command of Sergeant Comolli, reported that the Soviets had partly surrounded the outpost, hiding themselves among the surrounding sunflower fields with machine guns. The cavalry, was isolated on the right and left.

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Guide to NARA Italian Microfilm Records Series T-821

December 13, 2010 By

The attached .pdf file contains the guide to the Italian military records that were seized by the Allies after the war. These files were microfilmed before the original files were returned to Italy in 1967. These files contain a wide variety of documents covering the Italian Armed Force from 1939-43.

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