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Antisubmarine War WWI – Mediterranean 1916-17

Austria British France Germany Italy Japan Naval History 17 Min Read

Kaba departing Ryojun, 1925. She was deployed in the Mediterranean in WWI. Japanese cruiser Akashi in drydock. Rear-Admiral KĹŤzĹŤ SatĹŤ commanded the “Second Special Squadron” with Akashi as flagship with the 10th and 11th Destroyer Units (eight destroyers) based at Malta from 13 April 1917. He was reinforced by the 15th Destroyer Unit with four more destroyers from 1 June…

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Italy Personnel 14 Min Read

Nikolayevka 1943

The XXX Battaglione Guastatori, part of the Italian 8th Armata (ARMIR, Armata Italiana in Russia) was deployed on the lower River Don late in September 1942. During the Soviet winter counter-offensives north and south of Stalingrad, this was to be one of the many Italian units to be surrounded and…

Italy 6 Min Read

Revolution in Italy 1820s Part I

General Guglielmo Pepe The revolution in Naples had military leadership. Although their interests had been safeguarded in 1815, many of Murat’s officers felt that they were being unjustly discriminated against in promotion. The rivalry of Carbonari and Calderari had led almost to civil war in some regions and this focused…

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Uniforms of Italian Wars (1494-1559)

A series of sharp but also intermittent conflicts broke out over control of Italy at…

THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE ARMIES 1000-1300

Medieval Prints by Graham Turner Although firmly rooted and fairly well developed in the Rhineland,…

Italian Renaissance Infantry

It is a commonly held view that disciplined and effective infantry largely disappeared from the…

Warfare in Renaissance Italy

At the conclusion of the fifteenth century, Italy remained divided. There were four kingdoms: Sardinia,…