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    Italian Division Chronologies

    Those pages look like English translations of pages from Battastelli's article, "Le Grandi Unita Commandi e Divisioni....." in Bollettino dell'Archivio dell'Ufficio Storico Gennaio/Dicembre 2002 Anno II n. 3-4 Which you can 'view' but not download (except by individual page via screenshots) on...
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    The Regio Esercito’s Fatalities, 1940-1943

    A note in the latest issue of the British Journal of Military History about the calculations of Italian Army casualties in WW2. The Regio Esercito’s Fatalities, 1940-1943
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    Cant Z 1007bis Manual

    For those who happen to own a Cant Z 1007bis. Cant Z 1007bis Manual CA 538 (1941) Cant Z 1007bis manual
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    Biblioteca Militare

    Biblioteca Militare Or portions of it can now be found at Internet Archive As before little or nothing can be downloaded, you have to stream it (read it online) Biblioteca Militaire
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    Cryptology article

    Done. Posted the link to the entire set of publications (current and historic) from the RAN site as found on Internet Archive's Wayback Machine site
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    publications from the Royal Australian Navy site

    As found in the Wayback Machine at Internet Archive Publications from the RAN site Current Publications at the top, scroll down for the Historic Publications, including the Royal Navy WW2 Naval Staff Histories
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    Cryptology article

    Off topic. Internet Archive archived the Royal Navy Staff Histories from the Royal Australian Navy site and these are available World War II Naval Staff Histories
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    Cryptology article

    Don't know anything about this article, but have you seen the article in WARSHIP 2018, "Breaking 'Ultra'; The Cryptographic and Intelligence War between Britain and Italy, 1931 - 1943, by Enrico Cernuschi? Subtitled, "Enrico Cernuschi debunks some of the myths that have grown up around the...
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    RN Aquila blueprints

    Article in Warship 2021, "The Italian Aircraft Carrier Aquila", by Michele Cosentino, had four pages of plans of the ship as a carrier, both outboard and inboard profiles along with deck plans. The credit on the plans is INHO [Italian Navy Historical Office]. Footnotes to the article cite to...
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    Cr.42 Falco

    I have acquired a lot of books over the years, probably way too many. Aircraft in Profile No. 16 is in Volume 1 of Aircraft in Profile, a volume I acquired when I was in high school.
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    Cr.42 Falco

    Fiat CR.42 never had 2x 7.7mm, although the second source below says some of the later fighter bomber version, CR.42AS had 7.7mm guns fitted in place of the original 12.7mm guns to reduce weight First Series only (200? aircraft) produced February-December 1939 had mixed armament Later series...
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    Brescia Division history monograph

    FWIW La *divisione "Brescia" da El Agheila a El Alamein : gennaio-luglio 1942 by General Giacomo Lombardi , at one time division commander (?) A postwar publication, very brief, only 24 pages
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    RIvista Militare in English

    Just trying to help the cause. Also FWIW, there about 182 volumes (?) of Rivista Militare on Internet Archive.....the original Italian versions. Rivista Militare in Italian
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    RIvista Militare in English

    FWIW, recent issues of Revista Militare in English can be found at Internet Archive 1985-1990 1998-2008 2022-2023
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    Christopher Shores 1937-2024

    Very sad. Always enjoyed his books for their detail and information.
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    T-821 has been digitized and placed online.

    Found, courtesy of a posting on AHF. T-821-457 Order of Battle (or Roster, or List) of Sixth Army on Sicily, in multiple volumes. Originally published February 1, 1943 (?) but updated to at least May 31, 1943. Units down to platoons listed, along with officers. Starts at Frame 119 (page 137 in...
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    Cant Z.501 maintenance manual

    From Internet Archive Idrovolante CANT Z.501: Istruzione e Norme per il Montaggio e la Regolazione
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    Another Italian Aviation Manual

    Here's another one from Internet Archive Caratteristiche Velivoli Italiani Google translates the title as Italian Aircraft Features Scan is not that great, the drawings are a bit crude but a very interesting manual with specifications, performance and armament of various Italian combat...
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    OOB for Battle of Keren

    FWIW, the Indian Armed Forces Official History of the campaign can be found and downloaded from Internet Archive. And, for once, in books scanned for Internet Archive, the maps have been fully scanned in East African Campaign 1940-41 (Official History of the Indian Armed Forces In the Second...
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    Did the scuttling of the "Umbria" on 10 June 1940 affect Italian air operations on AOI?

    A brief perusal of Christopher Shores' DUST CLOUDS IN THE MIDDLE EAST THE AIR WAR FOR EAST AFRICA, IRAQ. SYRIA, IRAN AND MADAGASCAR, 1940-1942, Section I, "East Africa with Corrado Ricci" (1996), turns up no mention of the scuttling of Umbria Only mention of bomb shortage of any kind that I...
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