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The Italian Army 1940–45 (1): Europe 1940–43

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Year
2000
ISBN
9781855328648, 185532864X
Open Library ID
OL8993132M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7359313 bytes)
Series
Osprey Men-at-Arms 340
Edition
illustrated edition
Pages
26\26
Topic
History
Library
avaxhome.ws
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46

Description

At its peak the Italian Army contributed 2.5 million troops to the Axis war effort. English-speaking readers tend to think of this army in terms of the North African campaign; but far more Italian troops served in other theatres. They invaded, and later bore the major burden of occupying, the Balkan countries; and Italy sent 250,000 troops to fight on the Russian Front. In this, the first of a three-part study, Philip Jowett covers the European theatre - including Russia - from 1940 to Italy's armistice with the Allies in 1943. Many interesting uniforms, a number of them new to most readers, are meticulously illustrated by Stephen Andrew.

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