September 8th, 1943: a day of infamy; a day of honour

[Antonio Bonomi]

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

[José M. Rico]

The Italians were in fact very good soldiers when under command of good officers which was not always the case.

[Karl Heidenreich]

For the brave crew of Battleship Roma, sunk by FX1400 flying bombs:

http://www.regiamarina.net/others/roma/roma_us.htm

[Paul L]

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

[marcelo_malara]

And what about Luigi de la Penne and his divers that disabled two BBs for nothing?

[RF]

The Italians were in fact very good soldiers when under command of good officers which was not always the case.

As evidenced by Rommel getting more out of Italian troops than Balbo or Grazianni, who preceded him.

I would presume that the same could be said for the Reggia Aeronautica and Reggia Navale.

[sevenholts]

hello, I'm new to this site.....how can i find out where someone was killed during the war?

[lwd]

hello, I'm new to this site.....how can i find out where someone was killed during the war?

It depends on who they were, who they were fighting for, where they were serving, etc.

[RF]

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.