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.
Jeff Leser
Jeff Leser
Jeff is a retired military officer whose studies/researches the Italian military since the 1980s. Jeff has collected various period military manuals and other documents, as well as many of the works published by the Ufficio Storico of the Stato Maggiore Esercito (USSME) to better understand the role and effectiveness of the Italian military during WW2.
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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.