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Battle of the Alps 1940 photos

Alpini

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Some rare photos of the Italian advance on the Alpine front, 1940:
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Italian troops crossing the French border in the Northern area
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Italy on the march
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Group of Italian soldiers with a captured French flag
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Italian troops issue rations to French POW's
 
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jwsleser

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Excellent photos! Grazie!
 

Alpini

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Thanks, guys. A few more from the aftermath of the famous battle for the Pont-Saint-Louis casemate on the Italian-French border near Menton, which cost Il Duce's army dearly. Nevertheless, the Italians were quick to propagandise it's eventual fall at the Armistice:
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Italian victory ceremony at Pont-Saint-Louis
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Italian soldier of the 'Cosseria' infantry division guards the casemate, now daubed with victory graffiti on June 25th 1940
 
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