Military Italy

Author : Mattia Roveri
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9783030571610

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Italy and the Military by Mattia Roveri Pdf

This book sheds new light on the role of the military in Italian society and culture during war and peacetime by bringing together a whole host of contributors across the interdisciplinary spectrum of Italian Studies. Divided into five thematic units, this volume examines the continuous and multifaceted impact of the military on modern and contemporary Italy. The Italian context offers a particularly fertile ground for studying the cultural impact of the military because the institution was used not only for defensive/offensive purposes, but also to unify the country and to spread ideas of socio-cultural and technological development across its diverse population.

Author : P. Ignazi,G. Giacomello,F. Coticchia
Publisher : Springer
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230368286

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Italian Military Operations Abroad by P. Ignazi,G. Giacomello,F. Coticchia Pdf

Peace support operations are one of the most important tools in the foreign policy of Western democracies. This book is a study of Italian military operations in the last twenty years. Italy's operations are examined through an analysis of parliamentary debates and interviews with leading policy-makers.

Author : John Gooch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521193078

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The Italian Army and the First World War by John Gooch Pdf

A major new account of the role and performance of the Italian army in the First World War. Setting military events in a broad context, Gooch explores pre-war Italian military culture, and reveals how an army with a reputation for failure fought a challenging war in appalling conditions - and won.

Author : Ciro Paoletti
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015073660030

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A Military History of Italy by Ciro Paoletti Pdf

This book follows Italy's military history from the late Renaissance through the present day, arguing that its leaders have consistently looked back to the power of Imperial Rome as they sought to bolster Italy's status and influence in the world. As early as the late 15th century, Italian city-states played important roles in European conflicts. After unification in 1861, the military would become the nation's unifying force, the melting pot of the state. Italy's industrial and then colonial expansion brought it into the wars of the 20th century. The rise of fascist movement was the disastrous consequence of Italy's desire for colonial and military power, a history that the nation still confronts as it seeks to play a role in world politics. Wealthy, urban Italy has always had great political, cultural, and strategic importance for Europe. The leaders of its independent city-states intervened militarily in struggles among the European powers to its north and west but also against the expanding Muslim empires to its south and east. Italian culture supported military innovation, developing (for instance) new fortifications and naval organizations. After centuries of division, which limited Italy's power against the larger, unified European nations, the military played an important role in the nationalist unification of the entire country. Rapid industrialization followed, and along with it Italy's forays into overseas colonialism. Italy became a major power, but its turn to militant fascism during its expansionist era continues to haunt its state and military.

Author : Vanda Wilcox
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107157248

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Morale and the Italian Army during the First World War by Vanda Wilcox Pdf

A study of how the Italian army managed morale and troops responded to its policies during the First World War.

Author : Piero Crociani,Pier Paolo Battistelli
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780963723

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Italian Navy & Air Force Elite Units & Special Forces 1940–45 by Piero Crociani,Pier Paolo Battistelli Pdf

This volume assesses the formidable Special Forces fielded by Italy's navy and air force in World War II. Italian Navy Special Forces were particularly active and respected in the Mediterranean, where 10th Motor-Torpedo Boat Flotilla used frogmen, 'two-man torpedoes' and explosive ram-boats. The Italian Air Force formed a special commando unit, ADRA, before the 1943 surrender; it was tasked with attacking Allied airfields and communications in North Africa. Men from ADRA and Army paratroopers formed the new 'Folgore' Regiment, which also continued to fight alongside German forces until 1945. In both cases, the pro-Allied Italian forces also formed 'mirror' units to fight alongside US and British forces, including the Recce Squadron 'F'. Featuring rare photographs and specially commissioned artwork, this book tells the story of the little-known elite forces fielded by Italy's navy and air force in World War II, some of whose successors remain in service with today's Italian armed forces.

Author : Charles à Court Repington
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Italy
ISBN : OXFORD:590834949

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Military Italy by Charles à Court Repington Pdf

Author : Charles T. O'Reilly
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0739101951

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Forgotten Battles by Charles T. O'Reilly Pdf

Italy's War of Liberation takes issue with the apparently prevalent attitude among Allied commanders during World War II that the Italian military was ineffective. O'Reilly recounts the little-known story of the significant contribution made by the Italian military during the Italian Campaign, including the contribution of relatively unacknowledged Italian Partisan formations that fought in Italy, France, Yugoslavia, and Greece. Despite the fact that Italians fought on the front lines with the British and American soldiers, and despite the service of the Italian Navy and Air Force, the Allies refused repeated Italian pleas for more involvement in combat. This book not only attempts to correct the record of military history by illustrating the ways in which the Italians were underutilized by the Allies, but it also serves to paint a fair portrait of the Italian military's substantial efforts to defeat Hitler and eradicate Fascism.

Author : Pier Paolo Battistelli,Piero Crociani
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472808943

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World War II Partisan Warfare in Italy by Pier Paolo Battistelli,Piero Crociani Pdf

When Italy surrendered in 1943, it sparked a resistance movement of anti-German, anti-fascist partisans. This book explores the tactics, organizational structure and equipment of the brave Italian resistance fighters. Beginning with low-level sabotage and assassinations, the groups continued to grow until spring 1944 when a remarkable, unified partisan command structure was created. Working in close co-ordination with the Allies, they received British SOE and American OSS liaison teams as well as supplies of weapons. The German response was ferocious, and in autumn 1944, as the Allied advance stalled, the SS and Italian RSI looked to eradicate the partisans once and for all. But when the Allies made their final breakthrough in the last weeks of the war the partisans rose again to exact their revenge on the retreating Wehrmacht. From an expert on Italian military history in World War II, this work provides a comprehensive guide to the men and women who fought a desperate struggle against occupation, as well as the German and Italian fascist security forces unleashed against them.

Author : Pier Paolo Battistelli
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781849088954

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Italian Army Elite Units & Special Forces 1940–43 by Pier Paolo Battistelli Pdf

Italian military historian Pier Paolo Battistelli examines the elite and specialforces units of the Italian Army during World War II. This includes a vast array of troop types, including paratroopers, assault engineers, sea-landing and swimmer units, long-range recce and ski units, and even hand-picked Fascist 'Mussolini' units. It also delves into the specialist tank and armoured units that were created to emulate the German armoured units. While the Italian units discussed enjoyed mixed success, the volume draws attention to the incredibly hard fighting done by some in the deserts of North Africa and the frozen wastelands of Russia. Illustrated with rare archival photographs and specially commissioned artwork, this is a fascinating insight into a little-studied aspect of Axis forces.

Author : Ian Blackwell
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783032440

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Fifth Army in Italy, 1943–1945 by Ian Blackwell Pdf

A history of the Allied coalition in Italy during World War II. The US Fifth Army first saw action during the Salerno Landings in September 1943. While commanded by US Lieutenant General Mark Clark, from the outset one of its two Corps was the X (British) Corps; the other V1 (US) Corps. The multi-national composition of Fifth Army is demonstrated by the French Expeditionary Corps, the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, the South African Armoured Division, the Italian Co-Belligerent forces, formations from the New Zealand Corps and the 4th Indian Division. Clark’s Fifth Army was itself part of the Fifteenth Army Group, commanded by Field Marshal Alexander. Alexander’s light and diplomatic touch oiled the wheels of this uneasy arrangement but inevitably there were tensions and disagreements that threatened success. The low priority accorded to Italy as compared with OVERLORD and NW Europe did not help matters. Seen as a backwater, crack units were taken away and insufficient resources allocated to the Italian Campaign. This combined with the tenacity of the Germans, the difficult terrain and the harsh climate caused real problems. Allied morale was at times particularly brittle and desertion rates worryingly high. This superbly researched book objectively examines the performance of Fifth Army against this complex and troublesome backdrop. The author’s findings make for authoritative and fascinating reading and give food for thought about multinational cooperation in more recent conflicts.

Author : David Nicolle
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782007524

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The Italian Army of World War I by David Nicolle Pdf

The dilemma of the young Italian kingdom and the experience of her army in the Great War were unique among the combatant nations. Late to enter the war against the Central Powers, she faced a massively defended Austro-Hungarian front in the north, including strong mountain features, as well as distractions in the Balkans and a simultaneous rebellion in her Libyan colony. Costly and repeated battles on the Isonzo front culminated in the disaster of Caporetto in October 1917, followed by a remarkable revival and eventual victory in 1918. This concise study describes and illustrates the Italian Army's campaigns, organisation, uniforms, weapons and equipment – including the famous 'death companies' and Arditi assault troops.

Author : Marshal Pietro Badoglio
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786257413

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Italy In The Second World War: Memories And Documents by Marshal Pietro Badoglio Pdf

Marshal Pietro Badolgio was involved in the highest levels of the Italian political hierarchy ever since his early successes in the First World War, for which he was promoted General. He was head of the Italian Armed Forces from 1925 to 1940, and did his best to raise the military to a level that might match the expansionist views of Mussolini. He presided over the brutal invasion of Ethiopia, but nationally he acted as a counter-balance to Mussolini’s pre-World War II schemes. Unable to stop the inevitable disaster following the Italian-German Pact of Steel and the onset of war, he resigned as Chief Of Staff after the humiliating reverses of the Italian invasion of Greece. He was brought back into the political spotlight in 1943, after the fall of Mussolini, and was named Prime Minister of Italy during the turbulent months of their volte face change of sides. His position was unenviable, caught between the Italian people who cried out for peace and the Allied powers who pursued German defeat in Italy by armed force. In this fascinating book he recounts his memories and recollections of Italy during the Second World War, particularly focussed on his attempts to hold the country together in 1943 and 1944.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1949
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : UOM:39015014329430

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Military Operations, Italy, 1915-1919 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Pier Paolo Battistelli
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781849085960

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Italian Army Elite Units & Special Forces 1940–43 by Pier Paolo Battistelli Pdf

Italian military historian Pier Paolo Battistelli examines the elite and specialforces units of the Italian Army during World War II. This includes a vast array of troop types, including paratroopers, assault engineers, sea-landing and swimmer units, long-range recce and ski units, and even hand-picked Fascist 'Mussolini' units. It also delves into the specialist tank and armoured units that were created to emulate the German armoured units. While the Italian units discussed enjoyed mixed success, the volume draws attention to the incredibly hard fighting done by some in the deserts of North Africa and the frozen wastelands of Russia. Illustrated with rare archival photographs and specially commissioned artwork, this is a fascinating insight into a little-studied aspect of Axis forces.