Photos WW2 Italian Forces

[BravoZulu]

The retreat of the Italian 8th Army from the river Don, following the Soviet Operation "Little Saturn". 1942

 

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Savoia Marchetti SM-79 Sparviero based in Castelvetrano, Sicily, 1942

 

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An abandoned Fiat Ansaldo CV33 light tank, left behind after a battle with British armoured cars on the Libyan frontier, 26 July 1940.

 

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Bersaglieri inspecting a knocked out Soviet M3S Lee. 1942

 

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Swiss and Italian soldiers converse together on the border, 8 November 1940.

 

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Flamethrowers in action on the Eastern Front, 1942.

 

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Sentryman of the C.S.I.R. (Corpo di Spedizione Italiano in Russia, or Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia) holding a Carcano 91 rifle with bayonet attached. Winter, 1941, somewhere on the Eastern Front.

 

[BravoZulu]

Bersaglierie in Donetsk, 1941.

 

[SamWell]

Bersaglierie in Donetsk, 1941.
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Original black and white photo.Just in case

 

[SamWell]

Italian and german soldiers in trenches somewhere at eastern front

 

[JimHPTN]

Italian and german soldiers in trenches somewhere at eastern front
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The really fascinating thing to me about this photo is the soldier in the rear center of the photo. He has an Italian rifle but a German helmet. My guess, based on the rifle and the rest of the uniform, is that he is Italian. Obviously, however, I could be completely wrong. The soldier to the right of him has a German helmet and what appears to be a Mauser 98k.

 

[SamWell]

Italian POWs at the Eastern front

 

[SamWell]

Italian and german soldiers in trenches somewhere at eastern front

 

[SamWell]

Italian soldiers in a trench on the Eastern Front