Comprehensive article on the fate of Italian POWs:

[Sid Guttridge]

As he was fluent in Italian, my grandfather was a camp commandant in Italy for Italian POWs.

I recommend the following article, Enforced Diaspora: The Fate of Italian Prisoners of War during the Second World War. for a useful overview of their worldwide fates:

http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/90913/2/Enforced%20disapora.pdf

Cheers,

Sid.