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Italian Divisional Organizations tipo Africa Settentrionale (A.S.)

This article discusses the planned changes in the Italian divisions and corps serving in North Africa

Event Calendar – 2012

Event calendar of battaglione Alpini sciatori, Monte Cervino

Italian Folgore at El Alamein: Unbreakable

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

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

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.