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Pages in category "Italian military personnel of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 312 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Royal Italian Army personnel killed in World War II (62 P) Pages in category "Italian military personnel killed in World War II" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total.
The Balvano train disaster was the deadliest railway accident in Italian history and one of the worst railway disasters ever. [1] [2] It occurred on the night between 2–3 March 1944 in Balvano, Basilicata. 517 people in a steam-hauled, coal-burning freight train (mostly stowaways) died of carbon monoxide poisoning during a protracted stall in a tunnel.
A passenger train derailed close to a ravine, and seconds later another train crashed into it. With 42 killed and 76 injured, it is the fourth highest death toll in the history of the Italian railways, after the Balvano, Fiumarella and Voghera disasters. While the official count of the injured is 76, the actual number of injured is often said ...
The Wehrmacht: The German Army of World War II, 1939–1945. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 1-57958-312-1. Rothenberg, Gunther Erich (1981). The Art of Warfare in the Age of Napoleon. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-20260-4. Sadkovich, James J. (1989). "Understanding Defeat: Reappraising Italy's Role in World War II". Journal of Contemporary History.
During the first years of World War II, Italy had only small light and medium tanks (L3/35, L6/40, M11/39, M13/40 and M15/42) tanks. When Italy declared war in 1940, Italy's armored divisions were still composed of hundreds of L3 tankettes.
Italian civilians killed in World War II (54 P) I. Italian people who died in the Holocaust (2 C, 1 P) ... World War II spies for Italy ...
The fifth phase (1940–1943) was World War II itself, ending in military defeat, while the sixth and final phase (1943–1945) was the rump Salò Government under German control. [2] Italy was a leading member of the Axis powers in World War II, battling with initial success on several fronts.