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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · Oct 6

Oui. Et le traumatisme du COVID comme contrepartie de la Première Guerre mondiale pour une société plus fragile et plus âgée.

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Charles L. Leavitt IV @clliv.bsky.social · Sep 12

"Sooner or later someone misreads the Italian and the system breaks down."
- Gore Vidal

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · Aug 9

The Virgin Mary surrounded by U.S. paratroopers in a stained glass of the church in Sainte-Mère-Église

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · Aug 7

A view from the colombier of La Roche-Guyon castle

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · Aug 4

OTD, 4 August 1944, the nazi-fascists abandoned the left bank of Florence and blew up the bridges over the Arno. The city was not immediately liberated. The Partisans issued the order for an uprising and begun a long battle, that ended with the liberation only on 1 September. #ww2 #italy #resistance

Florence, Borgo San Jacopo (with Palazzo della Signoria in the background) in September 1944

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Italian Military Archives @ima-naval-history.bsky.social · Jul 29

🔎Why was Malta not invaded at the start of the war? This is a recurrent question in discussions about #ww2 but rarely analysed in detail.

📚 This video goes through the context and technical details of the matter: youtu.be/bkinxW7a0Hs?...

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · Jul 28

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · Jul 28

The future members of the MIS ("Movement for the Independence of Sicily"): a strange mixture of anti-fascist intellectuals, monarchists, Sicilian landowners, and (from around 1945) even members of the Mafia.

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · Jul 28

OTD, 28 July 1943, a "Separatist Manifesto" is published in Sicily, calling on the Allies to recognize the island as an independent sovereign state with a republican regime. #ww2 #italy #wwII

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Nicholas Whithorn @nickwhithorn.bsky.social · Dec 27

At dawn on 28 December 1943, the 7 Cervi brothers, Gelindo (42), Antenore (37), Aldo (34), Ferdinando (32), Agostino (27), Ovidio (25) & Ettore (22), are executed by an Italian fascist firing squad in Reggio Emilia for their partisan activities [Thread] >> 1

A family portrait photo of the Cervi family with brothers Gelindo, Antenore, Aldo, Ferdinando, Agostino, Ovidio and Ettore, as well as their two sisters Diomira and Rina, and their parents Alcide Cervi and their Genoeffa Cocconi.

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · Jul 24

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · Jul 23

He should be grateful that they didn't end up like the Romanovs.

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · Jul 23

Later in the day, Italian high-level bombers attacked the convoy again in the Sicilian narrow. A 100 kg bomb detonated off the port side of the destroyer HMS Firedrake, near the boiler room. The shockwave disabled her, so that she had to be towed back to Gibraltar by the destroyer HMS Eridge. 5/5🧵

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · Jul 23

Another S.79 of 283a Squadriglia, flown by Ten. Francesco "Ciccio" Di Bella, launched a torpedo, badly damaging the cruiser HMS Manchester (35 crewmen were killed and 39 wounded). The vessel was out of service for nine months. 4/5🧵 #ww2 #wwII #airwar #aviation #navalhistory #mediterranean #history

The Sicilian torpedo-bomber ace Capitano Francesco "Ciccio" Di Bella, among the few Italian torpedo bomber pilots who got the gold medal for military valor during their lifetime. He survived the war.

Helping the wounded on the HMS Manchester after the torpedo attack.

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · Jul 23

Pandolfi’s S.79 was shot down by anti-aircraft fire from the stricken destroyer, moments after it had released its torpedo. The crew of the S.79 was captured. HMS Fearless was later scuttled by a torpedo fired by the destroyer HMS Forester. 3/5🧵

The HMS Fearless immobilized and on fire. In its vicinity, the destroyer HMS Forester.

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · Jul 23

Three of the S.79s were repelled by the Fulmars, but the remaining three closed on the ships, and Ten. Bruno Pandolfi (283a Squadriglia) released his weapon, which struck the destroyer HMS Fearless. Badly damaged by the resulting explosion, the vessel had 25 members of its crew killed. 2/5🧵

HMS Fearless (H 67) - F-class Destroyer (commissioned in 1935)

An S.79 of the 283a Squadriglia Aerosiluranti, ready for take-off at Elmas (Cagliari), with the torpedo fixed under the right wing.

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · Jul 23

In the morning OTD, 23 July 1941, six Italian S.79s torpedo-bombers based at Elmas (Sardinia) attacked the "Substance" convoy, headed to Malta from Gibraltar. Defending Fulmars from HMS Ark Royal were distracted by Italian high-level bombers. This allowed the S.79s to attack at low level. 1/5🧵

Map of Operation Substance (22-24 July 1941). The location of the Italian and British submarines is shown: black and white squares respectively. The map was drawn by Loretta Mattesini based on the British original from the Historical Section Admiralty. (Source: Francesco Mattesini "Le Operazioni Britanniche 'Substance' E 'Style' Per Il Rifornimento Di Malta", available on Academia.edu).

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · Jul 21

Se da sinistra non si prova a picchiare su questo argomento neanche in estate, l'encefalogramma è veramente piatto

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Luke Seaber @thelong1930s.bsky.social · Jul 18

My periodic reminder that although everything is - well, just look around - this video of Paolo Conte exists and makes things that little bit better: youtu.be/hXMPg4Ok1Ws?...

Paolo Conte - Diavolo Rosso HD (live tour 2013)

YouTube video by vincenzo vinz

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · Jul 18

...Now the roles reversed. In Spain, when Bastico wanted to do something, he would invoke the Duce's orders as a last resort against Franco; similarly, when Rommel wanted to do something, he would point out the Führer's orders against Bastico and Gambara.» (E. Canevari) 2/2🧵 #ww2 #wwII #desertwar

Organizational Chart of the Axis' troops in Cyrenaica from July 1941 (Source: “Le Operazioni in Africa Settentrionale Vol. II - Tobruk” M. Montanari, Stato Maggiore Dell'Esercito - Ufficio Storico)

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · Jul 18

OTD, 18 July 1941, the "Spanish Mafia" of the Italian Army settled in Cyrenaica with the appointment of Ettore Bastico as Supreme Commander. «A curious twist of history: Rommel found himself in the same situation in which Bastico and Gambara had found themselves in relation to Franco in 1937... 1/2🧵

General Ettore Bastico in Derna to visit the port with a group of German MAS in June 1942 (Source: Archivio Centrale dello Stato)

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The Crusader Project @crusaderproject.bsky.social · Jul 16

The state of the Afrika-Korps, 29 April 1941

Background When Rommel’s advance caused chaos, not just in the British command and field forces, but also in the High Command of the Army in Berlin, General von Paulus, then Chief Quartermaster of the German army, was sent to North Africa to rein him…

The state of the Afrika-Korps, 29 April 1941

Background When Rommel’s advance caused chaos, not just in the British command and field forces, but also in the High Command of the Army in Berlin, General von Paulus, then Chief Quartermaster of the German army, was sent to North Africa to rein him in, and exert at least some control. On his return, like every good staff officer, he drafted a report on this.

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · Jul 15

If you see this, quote with a time travel movie that's not BACK TO THE FUTURE.

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · Jul 14

British tank landing crafts (LCTs) clash with Italian naval units and the Italian-German air forces: two rammings in a day 💥 🛥️ buff.ly/he1hObF #ww2 #wwII #desertwar #northafrica #navalhistory #aviationhistory

Late July 1941 in the sky over Cyrenaica

From July 1941 onwards, the British supply operation at Tobruk was greatly facilitated by the use of the fast minelayers HMS Abdiel and HMS Latona and eight LCT tank landing crafts, operating…

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · Jul 13

A podcast on the S.79 from "World of Warbirds" (in English)
open.spotify.com/episode/43Hs... #WW2 #WWII #aviation #aviationhistory

Sm.79: The Damned Hunchback

World of Warbirds · Episode

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