Italian Blackshirt 1935–45

Italian Blackshirt 1935–45

by Pier Paolo BattistelliPiero Crociani and Giuseppe Rava
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 02/11/2022

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This book documents the experiences of the Italian armed Fascist militia, the Camicie Nere (Blackshirts), from the Italian–Ethiopian war of 1935–36, through the Spanish Civil War to the end of World War II. It explores their origins, development, recruitment, training, conditions of service, uniforms and equipment, battle experience, political and ideological motivation. The Blackshirt legions were raised under army control from 1928, and were employed in 1933 in Libya in counterinsurgency operations against the Senussi tribes; from 1935 in Italy's war against Ethiopia; and during the Spanish Civil War. Following the outbreak of World War II, the Blackshirts fought in North Africa, Greece, Croatia, on the Eastern Front and finally in Italy itself following the Allied invasion.

ISBN:
9781472806383
9781472806383
Category:
Warfare & defence
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
02-11-2022
Language:
English
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pier Paolo Battistelli

Pier Paolo Battistelli earned his PhD in Military History at the University of Padua. A scholar of German and Italian politics and strategy throughout World War II, he is active in Italy and abroad writing titles and essays on military history subjects.

A contributor to the Italian Army Historical Office, he is currently revising his PhD thesis for publication: The War of the Axis: German and Italian Military Partnership in World War Two, 1939-1943. He lives in Foligno, Italy.

Giuseppe Rava

Giuseppe Rava was born in Faenza in 1963, and took an interest in all things military from an early age. Entirely self-taught, Giuseppe has established himself as a leading military history artist and is inspired by the works of the great military artists, such as Detaille, Meissonier, Ruchling, Lady Butler, Ottenfeld and Angus McBride. He lives and works in Italy.

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