Italian Infantry in Defence
"Although the title of this set may well be arbitrary, and designed to allow many more sets of Italian infantry to be made if this proves to be a popular subject, it is fitting that it concentrates on defence, because after the opening moves of the war in the North African Desert, the Italians found themselves entirely on the defensive. With the intervention of the Germans of course this changed, and the war ebbed and flowed back and forth over the next two years, but in the end the last battles would again be defensive as the Allies pushed the Italian and other Axis forces back until they finally surrendered in Tunisia, closing that theatre of the Second World War…"
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Italian Desert Patrol
"Italian troops had been stationed in the far north of Africa since the Italian conquest of Libya in 1911, so by the time Italy declared war on France, Britain and the Allies in 1940, the troops there had almost thirty years of experience in the region. With 15 divisions in Libya, Mussolini was confident he could expand Italian possessions and come a step closer to fulfilling his dream of domination of the Mediterranean, ‘Mare Nostrum'. However, these expectations were quickly dashed as enemy offensives forced the Italians onto the defensive instead, and within a few months Italy had lost most of her African possessions and only held Libya with German assistance. Despite enormous disadvantages, the ordinary Italian soldier often fought stubbornly, and always provided the majority of the Axis manpower in North Africa despite control being taken by the Germans to a considerable extent…."
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I know that Ukraine is at war… I have read Strelets last message… Saying that… they deserves to be here showing their good work… Best wishes with the Nazi invation…
Хай живе вільна Україна!!!!!!!!!
adds a tower to his 15mm trainyard.
