Unknown to many, the Italians participated to the Battle of the Atlantic with a small…
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Italian navy ships entered World War two with their distinct light grey painting. As in…
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Design and specification In the interwar period, the construction of Italian submarines concentrated on two…
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Context The lack of specific raw materials and resources necessary for the war effort severely…
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Project and Prototypes In the 1930s, the aircraft manufacturer company “Caproni” ventured outside its usual…
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Context In 1941, the Regia Marina tested the transport of supplies to North Africa by…
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Situation in 1940 When Italy declared war on the western allies, in June 1940, its…
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The Italian Social Republic, or Repubblica Sociale Italiana (RSI), was a German puppet state created on 23 September 1943 and led by Benito Mussolini.
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Carlo Fecia di Cossato (25 September 1908 to 27 August 1944) was an Italian WWII submarine commander and ace. He is credited with sinking 23 vessels.
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Mario Atillo was an Italian WW2 submarine commander on the Ambra. Following a number of successful missions, he joined the Decima Mas after the armistice.