Pierluigi Romeo Di Colloredo Mels

White devils! Monte Cervino Alpine Ski Battalion 1941-1943

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The Monte Cervino Ski Battalion was certainly an exception in the poorly equipped Italian Armed Forces in the Second World War. Made up of highly specialized personnel - ski instructors and alpine guides - coming from the Alpine School of Aosta, the battalion received equipment that was decidedly superior to that of the average Italian soldiers: from camouflage suits to boots with vibram insulating rubber soles up to the number of MAB 38 submachine guns distributed in an unparalleled extent compared to other departments. Nicknamed by the Soviets Satanas Bielij white devils for their winter suits, the Monte Cervino's men proudly belonged to th… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-88-9327-680-1
EAN: 9788893276801
Produktnummer: 35375667
Verlag: Soldiershop
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Seitenangabe: 102 S.
Masse: H25.4 cm x B17.8 cm x D0.5 cm 210 g
Abbildungen: Paperback
Gewicht: 210

Über den Autor

Pierluigi Romeo di Colloredo Mels was born in Rome in 1966. Archaeologist and military historian, he is the author of numerous works on the history of the two world wars and the Italian interwar conflicts, Ethiopia and Spain, and of the units of the MVSN. Among his latest works, Camicia Nera! Storia delle unità combattenti della Milizia Volontaria Sicurezza Nazionale dalle origini al 25 luglio, Südfront. Il Feldmaresciallo Albert Kesselring nella campagna d'Italia 1943- 1945; Da Sidi el Barrani a Beda Fomm 1940- 1941; Per vincere ci vogliono i leoni... I fronti dimenticati delle camicie nere, 1939- 1940; Controguerriglia! La 2a Armata italiana e l'occupazione dei Balcani 1941- 1943; Confine orientale. Italiani e slavi sull'Amarissimo dal Risorgimento all'esodo; Giugno 1940. La battaglia delle Alpi. In the Witness to War Series he has published Italian Black Shirts on Eastern Fron, 1941- 1943 (WtW EN 17). Colloredo is also editor of Storia Rivista and collaborates with the magazines Nova Historica, Storia in Rete, Ritterkreuz, Fronti di guerra and Il Primato Nazionale.