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Italian Folgore at El Alamein: Unbreakable

December 12, 2011 By 2 Comments
Folgore on patrol

While the Folgore has often received praise and admiration for the bravery they displayed during the fighting at El Alamein, what is sometimes overlooked was the skill level demonstrated by its soldiers.

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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 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

On 25 November, heavy fighting flared up again on the Tobruk front. In the 102nd Trento Infantry Division’s sector, the 2nd Battalion Queens Royal Regiment attacked the ‘Bondi’ strong point but were repelled in heavy fighting

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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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