At the outset of World War II, Benito Mussolini sought to revive a new Roman Empire through rapid expansion across North Africa and the Balkans. Instead, a series of poorly prepared offensives exposed ...

Italy’s armored forces in North Africa were not defeated because their crews lacked courage. They were defeated because their tanks were built with brittle steel, riveted armor that turned into ...

Si so Su Grande Grande Fredo, it wasn't such *** huge leap of the imagination for Italians to also join in and participate in the persecution of Jews. It was sophisticated and planned and ...

IT’S 935 THIS SUNDAY. HISTORY COMES TO LIFE IN A PROJECT UNLIKE ANYTHING THAT WE AT KCRA HAVE DONE BEFORE, AND KCRA 3’S DEIRDRE FITZPATRICK IS IN STUDIO WITH US TO GIVE US A PREVIEW. AND DEIRDRE, THIS ...

The Italian submarine, the Scirè, wasn't a large boat like some of the most advanced nuclear submarines in the ocean today. It only held a crew of 36, measured fewer than 200 feet in length, and was ...

ROME, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Italy's right-wing government is facing criticism over its celebration of a major World War Two battle, after the defence ministry said the defeated fascist soldiers of ...

VICENZA, Italy — In Parco della Liberta, translated as Liberty Park, a new laurel wreath lies beneath the monument dedicated to Italian World War II resistance fighters, marking the 79th anniversary ...

ROME, May 20 (Reuters) - Italy and the U.S. signed a memorandum to improve recovery operations for American military personnel who went missing in action in World War Two and were never accounted for, ...

PISA, Italy – When Yoko Sakato approached Camp Darby’s memorial for Pvt. Masato Nakae, she felt emotions well up as she thought about her father – a Nisei Soldier who fought in Italy during World War ...