Paolo Morisi’s book “The Italian Folgore Parachute Division: Operations in Africa 1940-43” needed more work and a good publisher would have pushed to do so.
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Swastika over the Acropolis focuses on events in eastern Greece. It offers an excellent discussion of the problems faced by the Greeks during the campaign.
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If you have a strong desire to learn about this area of WW2 history, then I recommend Mussolini’s Army in the French Riviera .
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Because of its limited means, Italian divisional organizations were modified for use in the desert. This organization was called tipo Africa Settentrionale.
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An Italian perspective of the battle of the Sunday of the Dead – La Domenica Dei Morti (Der Totensonntag) , on 23 November 1941 near Sidi Rezegh.
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This Royal Hellenic Army Order of Battle in October 1940 is a working document. Created by Jeff Leser and additional contributions by Dimitrios Papadopoulos
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The evolution of the Brigata Corazzata Speciale demonstrated that some in the Italian army understood the requirements of modern armored warfare.
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Guide to Italian military records seized by the Allies after the war. The NARA files were microfilmed before the files were returned to Italy in 1967.
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A translation of the Italian Army’s Addestramento della fanteria of WWII. This covers volume II involving tactical training of the squad (Chapter II).
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The Addestramento della fanteria Volume I addresses close-order drill, formations and movements of individuals, and units from squads to regiments in size.
