Ciao all,
September 8th, 1943 is an important day in Italy due to the WW 2 facts.
I will not cover the infamy and the cowardice of some ...
I only want to remember with this post the courageous honour and the glory of who died for his uniform and his country.
R.I.P. brave soldiers.
Ciao Antonio
September 8th, 1943: a day of infamy; a day of honour
- Antonio Bonomi
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September 8th, 1943: a day of infamy; a day of honour
In order to honor a soldier, we have to tell the truth about what happened over there. The whole, hard, cold truth. And until we do that, we dishonor her and every soldier who died, who gave their life for their country. ( Courage Under Fire )
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Re: September 8th, 1943: a day of infamy; a day of honour
The Italians were in fact very good soldiers when under command of good officers which was not always the case.
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Re: September 8th, 1943: a day of infamy; a day of honour
For the brave crew of Battleship Roma, sunk by FX1400 flying bombs:
http://www.regiamarina.net/others/roma/roma_us.htm
http://www.regiamarina.net/others/roma/roma_us.htm
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Re: September 8th, 1943: a day of infamy; a day of honour
This is one that impressed me. Single tiny Italian Torpedoboot charging a Squadron of British Cruisers and Destroyers driving them off to protect small convoy of barges with German troops. Some one remarked that the quality of these Italian skippers were inversely proportional to the displacement of the warships.
http://www.regiamarina.net/engagements/ ... ete_us.htm
http://www.regiamarina.net/engagements/lupo/lupo_us.htm
http://www.regiamarina.net/engagements/ ... ete_us.htm
http://www.regiamarina.net/engagements/lupo/lupo_us.htm
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Re: September 8th, 1943: a day of infamy; a day of honour
And what about Luigi de la Penne and his divers that disabled two BBs for nothing?
Re: September 8th, 1943: a day of infamy; a day of honour
As evidenced by Rommel getting more out of Italian troops than Balbo or Grazianni, who preceded him.José M. Rico wrote:The Italians were in fact very good soldiers when under command of good officers which was not always the case.
I would presume that the same could be said for the Reggia Aeronautica and Reggia Navale.
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Re: September 8th, 1943: a day of infamy; a day of honour
hello, I'm new to this site.....how can i find out where someone was killed during the war?
Re: September 8th, 1943: a day of infamy; a day of honour
It depends on who they were, who they were fighting for, where they were serving, etc.sevenholts wrote:hello, I'm new to this site.....how can i find out where someone was killed during the war?
Re: September 8th, 1943: a day of infamy; a day of honour
Coming back to the original post in this thread, it can be noted also that Italy's involvement in WW2, and indeed both world wars, was completely unnecessary and was down to the greed of the political leadership.
Italy exchanged a huge loss of life in both world wars, with nothing to show for it afterwards.
Italy exchanged a huge loss of life in both world wars, with nothing to show for it afterwards.
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