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  1. 1089maul

    New book on the Macchi fighters.

    Good afternoon all! Seems like ages since I put on a posting. I took delivery today of the book shown below. I have only had a quick flick through but feel that it is a must for anyone with an interest in the Regia Aeronautica. The book is big and full of info, pictures and colour drawings. It...
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    Damned Hunchbacks - new book

    Morning all, I was just about to start reading Paolo Morsi’s Steel Centurions book when I thought I would do a Google search on the author to see what other books he has written of which I already own a couple. I was pleasantly surprised to find that Helion will be releasing his next book this...
  3. 1089maul

    Fiat CR42 being restored.

    Evening all. Last week I was very fortunate to visit the UK Imperial War Museum located in Duxford, Cambridgeshire. If anyone has the opportunity to visit the museum then I wholly recommend it. It is a museum dedicated to aircraft. I was delighted that I had the opportunity to look at a Fiat...
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    Naval museum at La Spezia.

    Afternoon all. About a month ago, my wife and I decided to go on a two week Mediterranean cruise. We picked one and you can imagine my concealed joy when I saw that one of the ports of call was La Spezia. At this point, I made a precondition that my wife could visit wherever she wanted to during...
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    Betasom - Mussolini’s war series review.

    This book is the fourth written by Marek Sobski in his Mussolini’s War series. Before I review the book I would point out that Mr Sobski in a separate thread does explain difficulties that he faces when writing and then trying to publish the books. I therefore take into account these issues. As...
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    Book review - Stalin’s Italian prisoners of war by Maria Teresa Giusti

    Evening all. A few months ago I watched a presentation on Youtube by WW2TV. The featured historian gave a presentation on German prisoners of war captured by Russian forces. During the course of the talk, the historian briefly mentioned a book which dealt with Italian soldiers captured by the...
  7. 1089maul

    The Italian Chapel

    Afternoon all, As many of you will know, in the early hours of 14th October 1939 U-47 under the command of Kapitanleutnant Gunther Prien crept into Scapa Flow located in the Orkney Islands north of Scotland. Scapa Flow had long been home to the Royal Navy. U-47 successfully torpedoed and sank...
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    Death of the Julia Division Memoirs of an Officer - Book Review.

    I came across this book by chance when browsing the internet. Having now read it, I was in two minds as whether I should write a review. This book as the title suggests is the memoirs of an officer who fought in Greece and does not cover military doctrine, order of battles or any of the usual...
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    Another Regis Marina discussion on YouTube

    Hello all, I found the below discussion on YouTube by accident. The discussion lasts just over two hours but I did find it informative and interesting. Unfortunately, my technical abilities are limited on a tablet so am unable to put a link on this thread. However, if you search The Regia...
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    Macchi C202 Folgore - Book review

    I saw this book advertised on the internet and made the purchase without the chance of ‘Flicking through it.’ I was very curious as there are several books dealing this particular aircraft in the form of soft covers and of relatively few pages. This particular book is hardback and consists of...
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    Swan Sinks - Book review.

    I wouldn’t normally do another review so soon after the last one in case I bore members and guests! However, I thoroughly enjoyed reading Swan Sinks written by Eric Wiberg which deals with sinking of the SS Cygnet (Greek registered) by Smg Enrico Tazzoli who was commanded the Regia Marina ace...
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    Operation Pedestal - Book review

    For this review I reverted back to my comfort zone, the Regia Marina. I was browsing a bookshop recently and came across Operation Pedestal, The fleet that battled to Malta 1942 by the very much respected author Max Hastings. There are numerous books dedicated to this important episode in the...
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    Air War East Africa 1940-1941. Book review.

    For my third book review I stayed with the Regia Aeronautica. I have had the book for some time and have only just got around to reading it. I have now got into the habit of looking at the bibliography and then the photographs to get a feel for the book. With this book I did have some...
  14. 1089maul

    The Chianti Raiders by Peter Haining. Book review.

    Let me say from the outset that I really liked this book. It was easy to read and had an easy flow. The Regia Aeronautica‘s (RA) participation in the Battle of Britain normally only gets a small mention in books that study this conflict and sometimes with a little derision. Apart from Lictorian...
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    Lictorian Fasces over England - book review

    Written by Marek Sobski and published by Kagero in their Air Battles series, number 20. As the title suggests, this book is about the involvement of the Regia Aeronautica (RA) in the latter stages of the Battle of Britain during World War 2 from their first bombing raid on the 24th October...
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    New book on the battleship Roma

    Morning all, I have just received a copy of the new book on the battleship Roma! This book is a MUST for anyone with an interest in the Regia Marina. The book is in the Italian language but richly lavished with numerous and unpublished photographs of the vessel itself and the crew. There are...
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    Have Roma - DVD

    Hi all. I have just watched the DVD Nave Roma Le Ultima Ore. This DVD is a MUST for all with an interest in the Regia Marina. I was under the impression that it was a film but is in fact a documentary and features survivors and descendants. The DVD gives a detailed account to the lead up...
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