Attack on Lampedusa

Here is an interesting article (in Italian) about Operation Corkscrew. It is about the liberation of some Meditteranean isles (Lampedusa, Linosa, and Lampione) prior to attacking Sicily. The article is an excerpt from a book (PANTELLERIA LA “GIBILTERRA” ITALIANA) and shows text and photos from Lieutenant Gino Granata. Find the…

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Interesting article on Desert Storm

I can’t believe it is already 30 years ago that we were watching in awe at the tracer bullets rising into the air over Baghdad, without hitting anything, while Saddam’s armed forces were annihilated from above….. At last some positive action into the cesspool of extremism in the Middle East,…

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Mussolini’s Defeat at Hill 731, March 1941

by John Carr How the Greeks Halted Italy’s Albanian Offensive This is a fascinating book, especially for those of us not specialized in the Balkan part of World War 2. John Carr really has delivered a great story here, professionally researched, and written in a very grasping way.Although the title…

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