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Italian Folgore at El Alamein: Unbreakable

December 12, 2011 By 3 Comments
Folgore on patrol

The Folgore has often received praise and admiration for the bravery they displayed during the fighting at El Alamein.

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Book Preview: Sacrifice on the Steppe

July 19, 2011 By
Alpini on the Russian Don

Book review on Italian actions in World War Two titled Sacrifice on the Steppe: The Alpine Corps in the Stalingrad Campaign 1942-1943.

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The Bologna Division: 19 November – 10 December, 1941

June 1, 2011 By
A Breda 20mm MG crew taking combat position under enemy fire. Photo Credit: ww2incolor.com

The Bologna Division had taken such losses in its attempt to contain the Tobruk garrison that a lesser commander might have called it quits.

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Letter from Adolf Hitler to Benito Mussolini on Operation Barbarossa

March 20, 2010 By

The situation in England itself is bad; the provision of food and raw materials is growing steadily more difficult. The martial spirit to make war, after all, lives only on hopes. These hopes are based solely on two assumptions: Russia and America.

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M.A.S. and Midget Submarines in the Black Sea 1942-1943

March 19, 2010 By
MAS at high speed

Favorably impressed by the numerous successes obtained from these assault crafts in the course of the first two years of war in the Mediterranean Sea, Raeder had therefore good reason to consider the Italian support.

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