| Italian Blackshirt 1935-45 Contributor(s): Battistelli, Pier Paolo (Author), Crociani, Piero (Author), Rava, Giuseppe (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1846035058 ISBN-13: 9781846035050 Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK) OUR PRICE: $18.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2010 Annotation: The Blackshirt legions were raised under army control from 1928, and were employed in 1933 in Libya in counterinsurgency operations against the Senussi tribes; from 1935 in Italy's war against Ethiopia; and during the Spanish Civil War. Following the outbreak of World War II, the Blackshirts fought in North Africa, Greece, Croatia, on the Eastern Front and finally in Italy itself following the Allied invasion. This book documents the experiences of the Italian armed Fascist militia, the Camicie Nere (Blackshirts), from the Italian-Ethiopian war of 1935-36, through the Spanish Civil War to the end of World War II. It explores their origins, development, recruitment, training, conditions of service, uniforms and equipment, battle experience, political and ideological motivation. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Europe - Italy |
| Dewey: 355.37 |
| LCCN: 2010277426 |
| Series: Warrior |
| Physical Information: 0.22" H x 7.08" W x 9.9" (0.46 lbs) 64 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Italy - Chronological Period - 1930's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Blackshirt legions were raised under army control from 1928, and were employed in 1933 in Libya in counterinsurgency operations against the Senussi tribes; from 1935 in Italy's war against Ethiopia; and during the Spanish Civil War. Following the outbreak of World War II, the Blackshirts fought in North Africa, Greece, Croatia, on the Eastern Front and finally in Italy itself following the Allied invasion. This book documents the experiences of the Italian armed Fascist militia, the Camicie Nere (Blackshirts), from the Italian-Ethiopian war (1935-1936), through the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) to the end of World War II (1939-1945). It explores their origins, development, recruitment, training, conditions of service, uniforms and equipment, battle experience, political and ideological motivation. |