The Montecuccoli class gave birth to the second and better light cruiser generation of the…
Giulio Poggiaroni

Giulio Poggiaroni
Freelance Project Manager with a background in Economics. I deeply love history and especially military history. The second world war is one of my primary interests. Thanks in part to the tales of my Grandfathers who lived it and managed to survive the war. One fought in Russia with the Italian Expeditionary Corp and the other one fought alongside the Partisans.
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Context In June 1942, Malta was in a dire situation. Axis bombings had increased once…
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The pinnacle in the evolution of Italian light cruisers develop in the interwar years Class…
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How a mix of personal ambitions, misinformation and overconfidence put in motion one of the…
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Among the first ships of the “Condottieri” series, the two Cadorna class cruisers did not…
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The story of the Italian aircraft carrier program is longer and more controversial than usually…
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When Italy entered the second world war, the Regia Marina could rely on 59 destroyers.…
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Context On the 8th of October 1940, a convoy consisting of four merchant ships left…
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The company “CANSA” was a subsidiary of FIAT and like many other companies in Italy,…
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Design The history of the CA 331 can be taken as an example of a…