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Macchi MC.202 Folgore (Orange Series) 2nd Edition by Przemyslaw Skulski (Author)
Second edition, revised and extended. The development of the most famous Italian WWII fighter is described and illustrated. Combining the agility and excellent flying characteristics of the earlier MC.200 with a powerful German aero-engine, the Folgore was the best Italian fighter in large-scale service. It served with the Regia Aeronautica and other forces, including the Croatian air arm. This book describes the design, development and operations of this elegant and effective fighter.
This expanded 2nd edition contains: scale plans, photos and drawings from Technical Manuals, superb color illustrations of camouflage and markings, and rare b/w archive photographs. Color photos of the preserved aircraft illustrate all aspects of the airframe. Essential reading for aviation enthusiasts & scale aeromodelers.
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Jet Prototypes of World War II: Gloster, Heinkel, and Caproni Campini's wartime jet programmes (X-Planes) Paperback
- September 17, 2019 by Tony Buttler (Author), Adam Tooby (Illustrator)
From the Heinkel He 178 to the Caproni Camini N.1, this is the authoritative illustrated guide to the revolutionary aircraft that led to start of the military jet age.
While World War II raged, pioneering aircraft and engine designers were busy developing the world's first practical jet-powered research aircraft to test and prove the new technology. This book examines the aircraft that paved the way for Germany's Me 262 and Britain's Meteor - the world's first jet fighters.
Throughout the war, Germany, Italy, and Britain engaged in top-secret jet programs as they raced to develop the airpower of the future. Various experimental aircraft were trialed in order to achieve the goal of producing an effective engine and fighter that could harness the potential of the jet power. These included the German Heinkel He 178 research aircraft and Heinkel He 280 jet fighter prototype, the famed British E.28/39 research aircraft built by Gloster Aircraft as well as the stillborn E.5/42 fighter and E.1/44 Ace fighter prototype, and finally the remarkable Italian Caproni-Campini N.1/CC 2 research aircraft.
Illustrated throughout with full-color artwork and rare photographs, this fascinating study examines the fore-runners to the military jet age.
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A History of the Mediterranean Air War, 1940-1945. Volume 4: Sicily and Italy to the fall of Rome 14 May, 1943
- 5 June, 1944 Hardcover - November 19, 2018 by Russell Guest (Author), Giovanni Massimello (Author), Christopher Shores (Author)
The fourth volume in this momentous series commences with the attacks on the Italian island fortress of Pantellaria which led to its surrender and occupation achieved almost by air attack alone. The account continues with the ultimately successful, but at times very hard fought, invasions of Sicily and southern Italy as burgeoning Allied air power, now with full US involvement, increasingly dominated the skies overhead. The successive occupations of Sardinia and Corsica are also covered in detail. This volume, then, is essentially the story of the tactical air forces up to the point when Rome was occupied, just at the same time as the Normandy landings were occurring in north-west France. In its pages are found what can justifiably be considered the story of ‘the soldiers’ air force’. Frequently overlooked by more immediate newsworthy events elsewhere, their struggle was often of an equally Homeric nature. With regards to the long-range tactical role of the Allied heavy bombers, only the period from May to October is examined herein, while they remained based in North Africa. Thus the period from November 1943 when the US 15th Air Force was formed to pursue the strategic air offensive against the Reich, together with the RAF’s 205 Group of night bombers, will be covered in a future (sixth) volume. Volume Five will deal with the rest of the tactical war in Italy and Greece, over the Adriatic and Aegean, and with the entry into the South of France to join forces advancing southwards from Normandy.
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A History of the Mediterranean Air War, 1940-1945. Volume 3: Tunisia and the End in Africa, November 1942-1943 Hardcover - August 19, 2016 by Giovanni Massimello (Author), Christopher Shores (Author)
The third volume in this series returns to November 1942 to explain the background to the first major Anglo-American venture
- Operation Torch, the invasion of French North Africa. It deals with the fratricidal combats which followed the initial landings in Morocco and Algeria for several days. It then considers the efforts made
- unsuccessfully in the event - to reach northern Tunisia before the Germans and Italians could get there to forestall the possibility of an attack from the west on the rear of the Afrika Korps forces, then beginning their retreat from El Alamein. The six months of hard fighting which followed as the Allies built up the strength of their joint air forces and gradually wrested control of the skies from the Axis, are covered in detail. Then from 1 April 1943 the continuing story of the Western Desert Air Force is told from the point at which Volume 2 ended, as it advanced from the east to join hands with the units in the west. Now also described are the arrivals over the front of American pilots and crew, the P-38 Lightning, the Spitfire IX and the B-17 Flying Fortress - and of the much-feared Focke-Wulf FW 190. The aerial activities over Tunisia became one of the focal turning points of World War II, yet this is frequently overlooked by historians. As before, the air-sea activities, the reconnaissance flights and the growing day and night bomber offensives form a major part of this volume. The mastery of the whole African coastline of the southern Mediterranean by the Allies prepared the way for the invasions of the European territories on the other side of this critical sea during 1943, which will be dealt with in Volume 4.
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A History of the Mediterranean Air War 1940-1945, Vol. 2: North African Desert, February 1942 - March 1943 Hardcover
- August 2, 2014 by Christopher Shores (Author), Giovanni Massimello (Author), Russell Guest (Author)
The first volume of this series dealt with the initial 19 months of the air war over the Western Desert of North Africa. This volume picks up the story as the 8th Army, following its hard-fought success in Operation Crusader, was forced back to the Gazala area, roughly midway between the Cyrenaican/Tripolitanian border of Libya and the frontier with Egypt.
It covers the lull prior to the disastrous defeat of the 8th Army in June 1942 and the loss of the important port and fortress of Tobruk. The costly efforts of the Allied air forces to protect the retreating British and Commonwealth troops and prevent this turning into a rout is examined in depth. So too is the heavy fighting which followed in the El Alamein region as the line was stabilized. This period was ameliorated somewhat for the Western Desert Air Force by the arrival - at last - of the first Spitfires. The buildup of both the army and air force which followed, coupled with new commanders on the ground, meant that Rommel’s Deutsche Afrika Korps was defeated at Alam el Halfa at the start of September, and then again, comprehensively, at the climactic battle of El Alamein in October.
joined now by the first units of the United States Army Air Force, the Allied air forces began to achieve a growing ascendancy over those of the Axis. The long, rather slow, pursuit of the Italo-German forces right across Libya is recounted, including the capture of Tripoli, followed by the breakthrough into Southern Tunisia at the end of March 1943. This allowed a linkup with the Allied forces in Tunisia (whose story will be related in Volume 3) to be achieved. In this volume follow to the fortunes of some of the great fighter aces of the Desert campaign such as Jochen Marseille and Otto Schulz of the Luftwaffe, Franco Bordoni-Bisleri of the Regia Aeronautica and Neville Duke, Billy Drake and ‘Eddie’ Edwards of the Commonwealth air forces.
While the fighting above the constantly moving front lines form the main narrative of this book, the Allied and Axis night bombing offensives and the activities of the squadrons cooperating with the naval forces in the Mediterranean are certainly not neglected.
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History of the Mediterranean Air War, 1940-1945, Vol. 1: North Africa, June 1940-January 1942 [Hardcover]
Christopher Shores (Author), Giovanni Massimello (Author), Russell Guest
It is now more than 40 years since Fighters over the Desert was published, and nearly as long since this was followed by Fighters over Tunisia. Both volumes have long been out of print and collectors' items, but, despite much prompting, Christopher Shores has resolutely refused to permit their reprinting until he amassed so much more information. He has also long nursed a desire to expand the coverage to encompass the operations of the other types of aircraft involved in this interesting and important theater of war - the bombers, reconnaissance aircraft and maritime units. Further, it is his intention to extend the period covered to include the later operations over Sicily, Italy, the Aegean area, the Balkans and Southern Europe.
This then represents the first volume of a seminal series dealing with all these aspects and areas, which will also tie in with the earlier Grub Street volumes which he and his collaborators have produced. Thus a full coverage of all aspects of aerial operations throughout the whole of the Mediterranean area will be the ultimate result. Further, these volumes will link appropriately and directly with his other works of this nature, dealing both with the Far East and the war in Europe.
Readers will then be able to follow the wartime careers of units and personnel involved from volume to volume throughout the war. Operations directly over the main battlefronts will be dealt with as previously, on a daily basis. However, to allow a clearer view to be obtained of operations elsewhere in the theater, or of a different nature, separate chapters will deal specifically with the night bombers, the air defense of the base areas, and the naval co-operation activities. Wide use of maps will be made throughout this and subsequent volumes together with a considerable number of photographs integrated into the text. Long awaited by many, if any work can be said to be comprehensive and definitive, this is it.
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Italian Navy & Air Force Elite Units & Special Forces 1940–45 Paperback – January 22, 2013 by Piero Crociani (Author), Pier Paolo Battistelli (Author), Mark Stacey (Illustrator)
This volume assesses the formidable special forces fielded by Italy's navy and air force in World War II, both before and after Italy's surrender in September 1943. The Italian Navy special forces were particularly active and respected in the Mediterranean, where 10th Motor-Torpedo Boat Flotilla (Xa MAS) used frogmen, 'two-man torpedoes' and explosive ram-boats; Italian midget submarines were also deployed against the Soviet Navy in the Black Sea. After September 1943 the Germans allowed the expansion of Count Borghese's Xa MAS, which continued fighting on their side at sea and on land, most notoriously in anti-partisan operations. The marines of the 'San Marco' Regiment fought hard in North Africa, earning the respect of their opponents and the German general Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, who described them as the best soldiers he had ever commanded; they also gave birth to a paratroop-frogman section.
The Italian Air Force formed a special commando unit, ADRA (Arditi Distruttori Regia Aeronautica), before the 1943 surrender; it was tasked with attacking Allied airfields and communications in North Africa alongside the 'Loretto' Battalion, which was made up of ground crew trained to operate captured enemy airfields. Men from ADRA and diehard Army paratroopers formed the new 'Folgore' Regiment, which also continued to fight alongside German forces until 1945.
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Savoia-Marchetti S.79 Sparviero Bomber Units (Combat Aircraft) by Marco Mattioli (Author), Richard Caruana (Illustrator)
Initially developed by Savoia-Marchetti as a transport, the S.79 had evolved into a dedicated medium bomber by the time the S.79-I made its combat debut in the Spanish Civil War in 1936. During World War 2, it became Italy's most successful bomber, and the most produced, with around 1370 built between 1936 and early 1944. S.79 bomber crews sunk many a number of Allied vessels, and provided a constant threat to Allied sailors in the Mediterranean in the early stages of the war. In East Africa and the Red Sea the Sparvieri were the most modern bombers in-theatre, proving a challenge to RAF and SAAF biplane fighters.
Using specially commissioned full-colour artwork, first-hand accounts and historic photographs, this volume chronicles the history of the S.79's war in the Mediterranean, North African, Balkan, and East African theatres.
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Macchi C.200 Saetta (Scale Plans) Paperback – April 13, 2016 by Dariusz Karnas (Author)
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Mussolini's Hawks: The Fighter Units of the Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana from 1943 to 1945 Paperback - June 30, 2012 by Marco Mattioli (Author)
The book retraces the origin of the Aeronautica Repubblicana, analyzing accurately the 1st, the 2nd and the 3rd Gruppo caccia. It then deals with each autonomous division. The author examines in great detail the history of the Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana (ANR). Text in English. Marco Mattioli. 292 pages. 17 x 24 cm. 50 b&w photos.
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Eagles Over Gazala: Air Battles in North Africa May - June 1942 Paperback - April 30, 2014 by Michele Palermo (Author)
Roma, 2014; paperback, pp.300, ill. b/w, cm 15x21.
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Crickets against Rats: Regia Aeronautica in the Spanish Civil War 1936-1937 vol. I (Air Battles) Paperback - December 19, 2014 by Marek Sobski (Author)
The first volume in a series detailing the day to day air struggles and rapid
development of the Italian Air Force in Spain during the Spanish Civil War. It
describes flights since July 1937, including air raids in Madrid, the Battle of the
Jarama River, Malaga and Guadalajara. The book also presents Regia Aeronautica
involvement in operations carried out from this island.
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Lictorian Fasces over England: Regia Aeronautica in action against England 1940-1941 (Air Battles) Paperback - April 19, 2014 by Marek Sobski (Author)
Lictorian Fasces over England is the story of Corpo Aero Italiano, the Reggia Aeronautica detachment
operating against Britain in 1940 - 1941. Established for propaganda and political reasons, the corps
had to face two equally formidable enemies over the Channel: the RAF and the brutal weather conditions
to which they were hardly accustomed. The book presents a blow by blow account of the unit's operations
in addition to detailed descriptions of the aircraft used in the campaign.
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Savoia-Marchetti S.79 Sparviero Torpedo-Bomber Units (Combat Aircraft) Paperback - October 21, 2014 by Marco Mattioli (Author), Richard Caruana (Illustrator)
Italy's Sparviero (Sparrowhawk) saw combat with the Regia Aeronautica in France, Yugoslavia, Greece,
North Africa, East Africa and in the Mediterranean versus the Royal Navy. Italy's most successful wartime
bomber, the S.79 was also the most produced, with around 1370 built between 1936 and early 1944.
Initially developed by Savoia-Marchetti as a transport aircraft it had evolved into a dedicated medium
bomber by the time the S.79-I made its combat debut with the Aviazione Legionaria in the Spanish Civil War
in 1936. The manufacturer then produced the S.79-II torpedo-bomber, fitted with 1000 hp Piaggio or Fiat
radial engines in place of the original 780 hp Alfa Romeos. Entering service in 1939, the S.79-II
saw much action over the next four years, particularly in its intended torpedo-bomber role against the
Royal Navy in the Mediterranean. Indeed, the Sparviero crews tasked with targeting Allied shipping
became national heroes in Italy thanks to their exploits, with men such as Buscaglia, Graziani,
Erasi, Faggioni, Di Bella, Aichner and Cimicchi being as revered as fighter aces in other countries.
Following Italy's surrender in September 1943, a large number of S.79s continued to see action against
the Allies with the pro-German RSI, although they suffered heavy losses. This is the first of two proposed
volumes on the S.79, the second book detailing its use as a bomber and transport.
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Spitfire V vs C.202 Folgore: Malta 1942 (Duel)
The inability of the Italians and Germans to invade Malta proved decisive
for Allied victory in the Mediterranean during World War II, as the islands
provided the Allies with a base from which to project air power. Early Italian
efforts to pound the islands into submission were supplemented by major German
forces from January 1942 and in a few weeks the situation for the defenders...
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Gladiator vs CR.42 Falco: 1940-41 (Duel) [Paperback], Hakan Gustavsson, Ludovico Slongo
British and Italian biplanes clashed over the Mediterranean at Crete and Malta, and in East and North Africa early in World War II. Both the Gloster Gladiator and the Fiat CR.42 Falco represented the peak in the development of the biplane fighter, which could trace its lineage back to World War I. However, by the time both aircraft entered service in the late 1930s, they were already obsolete. Nevertheless, they gave sterling service on all fronts in the Mediterranean and Africa in 1940-41. Indeed, the CR.42 was the Regia Aeronautica's staple fighter in both North and East Africa, Greece and over Malta in 1940-41, during which time its pilots routinely fought British and Commonwealth squadrons equipped in the main with Gladiator biplanes. Some bitter dogfights were fought between these two types as the Allies attempted to gain control of the skies over North Africa, Greece and East Africa. Both types were flown in the main by highly experienced pre-war pilots, and this in turn made for some closely fought engagements. The first known combat between the CR.42 and the Gladiator took place on 14 June 1940 over North Africa and the last engagement between the two types occurred on 24 October 1941 over the East African front.
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DESERT PRELUDE: Early Clashes [Paperback] Hakan Gustawsson, Ludovico Slongo
A detailed story of the first air battles over Africa. "It took forty years for Gustavsson and Slongo to unseat Fighters over the Desert at the top of the heap of books about air ops in North Africa. It will likely be at least that long until something more impressive than Desert Prelude comes along-and maybe never." Bill Stone, 08/2010
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DESERT PRELUDE 2: "Operation Compass" [Paperback] Hakan Gustavsson, Ludovico Slongo
This is the second of two volumes providing an in-depth look at the air war over the North African desert in the early days of World War II. The equipment, organisation and operations of the Regia Aeronautica, RAF and French Air Force are described in detail. Possibly the last major combat in which both sides flew fighter bi-planes, it saw the Italian air arm take on the rather sparsely-equipped Allied forces in Egypt and Libya. This volume completes the story, up to the point in 1941 when German forces arrived to bolster the retreating Italian forces.
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Air War Over Spain (Classic Colours) [Paperback] Rafael Permuy
This is a unique volume examining the opposing air forces in the Spanish Civil War as well the intervention of the German, Italian, and Soviet air forces in their respective guises. The air campaigns fought during the Spanish Civil War prompted important technical and tactical developments for all parties, from the actual deployment of air power through communications. The small and largely obsolescent Spanish Air Force of 1936 grew into an effective fighting arm, which by 1937 had become a significant force, thanks, in part, to German and Italian support. The Nationalists fielded Heinkel, Fiat, and Messerschmitt fighters and Heinkel, Caproni, Savoia-Marchetti, Junkers, and Dornier bombers. These forces entered into a grinding battle of attrition over the less-organized but fiercely motivated Republican air arm over Aragon, and the Jarama and Madrid Fronts, and later over Brunete, Belchite, and the final campaign over the Ebro late in 1938.
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Courage Alone: The Italian Air Force 1940-1943 (Hardcover) C. Dunning
Using research from a mass of original documentation, including personal accounts and combat diaries, the author takes an objective view and shows that the men who flew the Macchis, Fiats and Savoias were no less skilled or determined than their opponents.
Area commands and theatres are discussed together with squadron allocations, anti-shipping operations, aircrew and details of the top fighter aces.
Comprehensive tables provide information on aircraft equipment, squadron allocation and unit histories. Coupled with drawings from original aircraft handbooks, almost 250 photographs and over 100 colour profiles and unit badges, Courage Alone provides a detailed reference source for historians, modellers and enthusiasts alike.
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Regia Aeronautica: The Italian Air Force 1923-1945 - An Operational History by Chris Dunning (Author)
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AIR WAR IN EAST AFRICA 1940-41
This little known campaign against the Italian invasion of British Somalia was bravely fought by a small force of elderly RAF and Commonwealth aircraft against almost overwhelming odds. This, against a backdrop of Britain's meager assets being in demand in the much more prominent and important theatres such as Egypt and, of course, at home during the height of the Battle of Britain and the Blitz.
The history starts with the Italian's use of airpower and gas against the spear-armed Abbysinnians in 1936. In August 1940 the Italians attacked and overwhelmed British Somalia and under air cover the British evacuated to Aden. The Allies fought many air battles with the better equipped invaders and flew dangerous reconnaissance missions in preparation for the major offensives in 1941.
On the Northern Front, the first phases see aggressive air patrols and Allied reinforcements arriving from Egypt. They attacked towards Agordat pushing deep into Eritrea from the Sudan. Meanwhile to the south the South African Air Force and ground forces attacked into Italian Somalia during January and February 1941. In March the allies attacked Keren and the Italians finally surrendered. The final allied air strikes against Asmara and Massawa led to the final collapse of Italian resistance in May 1941. The campaign in Ethiopia saw General Cunningham's force advances 1,725 miles from Kenya in 53 days to reach the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa and liberating it on April 6 1941. However, the conflict was still not over - there was continued resistance from 7,000 Italian troops and air operations continued against them until their surrender in September 1943.
The book includes the experiences of the men who flew the outdated aircraft of the RAF and the SAAF in the campaign and includes many quotes and incidents from both Allied and Italian pilots.
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The Royal Italian Air Force 1923-1945
The authors have assembled over 600 images from private photo albums and individual groupings
offering a unique perspective on the Royal Italian Air Force (Regia Aeronautica) from 1923-1945.
There are period photos of the everyday life, and adventures of pilots and personnel on a variety
of war fronts and campaigns. In addition, there are images of Regia Aeronautica, Aviazione
Legionaria and Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana aircraft in detail as well as candid photos
of aces such as, Italo Balbo and high profile figures such as German Knight's Cross recipient
Italian General Giovanni Messe. Furthermore, the color gallery contains heretofore unpublished
images of period headdress, uniforms, and accoutrements from private collections.
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The Camouflage & Markings of the Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana 1944-45,
Gabriele Valentini and Ferdinando D'Amico; Hardcover; Highly Recommended
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Italian Aces of World War 2 (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No 34) by
Giorgio Apostolo and Giovanni Massimello; Excellent account of Italian WWII Aces by notable
Italian authors; Text in English; Highly Recommended
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Junkers Ju 87 Stukageschwader of North Africa and the Mediterranean (Osprey Combat Aircraft 6) Paperback - July 24, 1998
The 'terror weapon' of the invasion of Poland, the assault on Scandinavia
and the Blitzkrieg through western Europe, the Ju 87 Stuka was adapated for antishipping duty
in the Mediterranean by the Regia Aeronuatica and Luftwaffe where it continued
as an effective weapon until 1943. Recommended.
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Bf 109 Aces of North Africa, J. Scutts
Covers the use of Bf.109 by the Regia Aeronautica and ANR. Provides
a good and balanced account of operations in North Africa and Italy. Recommended.
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Italo Balbo: A Fascist Life by Claudio G. Segre
"On June 28, 1940, about 5:30 in the afternoon, two aircraft approached the heavily fortified
Italian military base at Tobruk in eastern Libya, not far..."
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Air War Italy, 1944-45: The Axis Air Forces from the Liberation of Rome to the Surrender by Nick Beale
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The Concise Guide to Axis Aircraft of World War II by David Mondey
This colorful and compact volume provides a useful guide to the aircraft manufactured by the Axis countries of WWII,
including Messerschmitt AG, Kawasaki, and Fiat.
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In the Skies of Europe: Air Forces Allied to the Luftwaffe 1939-1945 [Paperback]
"Sufficit Animus - Boldness is enough was the motto coined for the Italian torpedo bombers at the end of the
First World War. It could also have been the motto for the entire Regia Aeronautica." Covers contributions to
the war effort by the the Regia Aeronautica and ANR.
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Air War for Yugoslavia Greece and Crete 1940-41 by Christopher Shores, Brian Cull, Nicola Malizia
Contributions by a notable Italian researcher Nicola Malizia. Air War for Yugoslavia, Greece and Crete is an accurate
record of the air operations over the Balkans from the initial attack on Greece to the fall of Crete. The book covers
actions of the RAF and the Hellenic Air Force against the Regia Aeronautica and later operations of the Luftwaffe
and the Yugoslavian Air Force.
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Dust Clouds in the Middle East: The Air War for East Africa, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Madagascar, 1940-42 Hardcover - February, 1996
Originally appearing as a series of magazine articles, the valuable research into air operations, over the old-style
Middle East of World War II, here appears in book form. It deals with a variety of engagements between Britain and her
Commonwealth forces and the Germans, Italians and Vichy French across many borders and differing terrains. It covers
from the Italian threat and Ababa, the air battles over Lebanon, the breaking of Vichy air strength and culminates in
the occupation of Madagascar in 1942.
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Malta: The Hurricane Years 1940-41 by Christopher Shores, Brian Cull, Nicola Malizia
The long battle for Malta began in June 1940 with the Italian declaration of war on the Allies and the decision
of the Axis powers to subdue the island in order to control the Mediterranean. This work provides a detailed day-by-day
account of the air battles over land and sea until the end of 1941. Contributions by a notable Italian researcher
Nicola Malizia.
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SPITFIRES OVER SICILY : The Crucial Role of the Malta Spitfires in the Battle of Sicily, January - August 1943 (Hurricanes Over Tobruk) (Hardcover) by Brian Cull
Spitfires over Sicily" provides a day-by-day historical account of Malta Spitfire operations, leading up to and during the invasion of Sicily 1943, interspersed with personal accounts of some of those involved. Illustrated with up to 100 photographs including Spitfires of many of the squadrons involved, their pilots and adversaries, this account features Spitfires versus Messerschmitts and Macchis plus RAF and USAAF versus JG53 and JG77 and Italians. Contributions by a notable Italian researcher Nicola Malizia.
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World War II Troop Type Parachutes Axis: Germany, Italy, Japan: An Illustrated Study (Paperback) by Guy Richards
World War II Troop Type Parachutes is uniquely suited for anyone interested in the history of airborne troops, and is profusely illustrated with unpublished period and contemporary photographs. Collectors, modelers and history researchers will be able to identify all of the troop parachutes used by the Axis powers in World War II.
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