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The true definitive work regarding this theme is:
Operationszone Adriatisches Küstenland. Udine, Gorizia, Trieste, Pola, Fiume e Lubiana durante l'occupazione tedesca 1943-1945 Copertina flessibile – 1 febbraio 2005
All the best
Maurizio...
We are really sure that it is not the 255th regiment of the Veneto division which had become part of the Turin division which was at the time in the Caccia area (Postomia) part of the 24th Army Corps.... well?? ? Perhaps????
All the best
Maurizio
Asterix
Please note that the fact that your grandfather was recruited as a servant in the artillery in the ranks of the 3rd regiment does not mean that he then did active service in the same department. Keep in mind that the 3rd field artillery regiment was based in Bologna but in the...
I reparti della Milizia per la Difesa Territoriale (MDT) in OZAK (The departments of the Militia for Territorial Defense (MDT) in OZAK)
The forces of the Territorial Defense Militia operating in the OZAK consisted of 5 regiments, one for each province, and some smaller units. The formation of...
What you introduced is a very broad topic....you should at least say what type of news you would like to cover....organization, history, orders of battle...or a bit of everything...but perhaps it would be necessary various books not only the one you mentioned which is a rather imprecise...
Then also keep in mind that there were quite a few "ad hoc" variants made in the field, therefore it could also be that the equipment of the 4 flamethrower tanks were queued up to the individual companies... in the Royal Army camp during the 2nd World War nothing needs to be ruled...
Keep in mind that in addition to the units present in AS throughout the course of the conflict there were independent units formed both with normal L tanks and with flamethrower L tanks especially in the Balkans..... therefore we need to examine these photos carefully before saying where they...
The typical structure of the battalion after the start of the war envisaged the composition of the L-type armored battalions (not to be confused with the armored groups of the rapid divisions which had another, albeit similar structure) envisaged an organic structure which could vary between a...
yes
Jeff is right the habit of giving a nickname to the individual tanks was the spontaneous will of the individual tank drivers and did not have a confirmation of the unit.... as for the other photos the ones with the square symbols and large numbers are shown badges on tanks during large...
Chiesa is certainly a surname (example Damiano Chiesa patriot, Federico Chiesa footballer etc), Castelnuovo could be both a surname (example Nino Castelnuovo actor or also a locality Castelnuovo ne Monti or Castelnuovo Garfagnana or Castelnuovo Rangone in the Emilia Romagna region) while San...
In Italy there are now only two specimens of that type of aircraft. One of the two remaining, built by the Officine Reggiane in 1942 is kept in the Caproni museum in Trento; the second after a long restoration that brought it back to the military version with the livery of Carlo Emanuele...
Unfortunately Pula was a maritime square and the army only contributed to its defense therefore in many years of research unfortunately I was unable to find any data on the coastal battalions that were part of it, the only address I found is that Pula was garrisoned by the 163rd Coastal Infantry...
Handwriting indicates the following units:
Settore Costiero Reggimentale di Monaco:
-Comando 1.o Settore GAF (Guardia alla Frontiera)
-Comando 5.o Sottosettore/a GAF
-Comando 1.o Sottosettore/a GAF
-Comando 48.o Gruppo di artiglieria GAF
As already said this is a copy of a map of the time (March 1943) of the Italian 4th Army that I found in my notes .... as you can see there were nothing but commands in Munich .....
All the best
Maurizio
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