Snow, Ice and Sacrifice: The Italian Army in Russia, 1941-1943 Afiero Massimiliano
This is the first English-language publication to provide an in-depth description of Italian army operations in Russia during the Second World War.This volume is the first comprehensive account in the…
Specifikacia Snow, Ice and Sacrifice: The Italian Army in Russia, 1941-1943 Afiero Massimiliano
This is the first English-language publication to provide an in-depth description of Italian army operations in Russia during the Second World War.This volume is the first comprehensive account in the English language that addresses the genesis, organization and operations of Italian forces that fought alongside the Germans and other contingents allied with them in Russia beginning with Operation Barbarossa in June 1941 until the defeat of the Italian forces there in early 1943.In accordance with his anti-Bolshevik ideology, Mussolini felt obligated to join with Germany's attack against the Soviet Union. Italy thus formed the CSIR (Corpo di Spedizione in Russia - Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia), consisting of some 62,000 men in three divisions (two infantry and one cavalry, plus a Blackshirt legion) which was sent to participate in the Axis attack
Luftwaffe in Africa 1941-1943