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The Italian Army in North Africa, 1940-43 - Luck Was Lacking, but Valor Was Not (Hardcover)
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The Italian Army in North Africa, 1940-43 - Luck Was Lacking, but Valor Was Not (Hardcover)
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This book begins by examining a number of factors relating to the
Italian army's performance in the desert, including assessments of
the Italian soldier, leadership, training, organization and
structure, equipment, the supply situation in North Africa, the
ability of the Italian air force to support ground operations, and
an appreciation of Italo-German relations in North Africa. The book
then describes the combat operations of Italian forces in the
desert beginning with the early Italian advance from Libya into
Egypt in September 1940 and ending with the final Italian surrender
to the Allies in Tunisia in May 1943. The extensive appendices
focus heavily on organization and equipment, with tables comparing
Italian, British and German armor and artillery in the desert.
Taken as a whole, this book presents an account of Italian ground
operations in North Africa, from the time of their initial
trouncing at the hands of the British Western desert Force in early
1941, through the see-saw battles of 1941 and 1942 when the
combined Italo-German forces battled with the British, through the
decimation of the Italian forces during the El Alamein battles in
late 1942, and finally with the retreat to Tunisia and surrender of
all Axis forces there in May 1943. This book is the first
English-language work to address in a systematic way the
contributions of the Italian army to the North African campaign,
and challenges the conventional wisdom that the German Afrika Korps
was the pre-eminent Axis force in the desert.
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