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Mussolini's Death March
Nuto Revelli
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Description for Mussolini's Death March
Hardcover. Vivid eyewitness accounts from 43 survivors from the Italian army's short-lived and disastrous campaign on the Eastern Front. Recaptures in the words and sober reflections of the men who fought there the harrowing experience of this lunatic mission in which the Italians suffered roughly 75,000 dead." Translator(s): Penuel, John. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1068.
In his quest for military glory, Benito Mussolini sent the Italian Eighth Army to the Eastern Front to help fight the Russians, only to have his forces routed within little more than a month of the launch of the Soviet counteroffensives of the winter of 1942–1943. The Cuneense, a division of mountain troops, was hit especially hard, with only a small percentage of its troops straggling back to Italy; the rest were killed in action or died of frostbite or in captivity from malnourishment, overwork, and disease. All told, the Italians suffered roughly 75,000 dead, more than in their six-month ... Read more
In his quest for military glory, Benito Mussolini sent the Italian Eighth Army to the Eastern Front to help fight the Russians, only to have his forces routed within little more than a month of the launch of the Soviet counteroffensives of the winter of 1942–1943. The Cuneense, a division of mountain troops, was hit especially hard, with only a small percentage of its troops straggling back to Italy; the rest were killed in action or died of frostbite or in captivity from malnourishment, overwork, and disease. All told, the Italians suffered roughly 75,000 dead, more than in their six-month ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
Series
Modern War Studies
Number of Pages
640
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700619085
SKU
V9780700619085
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About Nuto Revelli
Nuto Revelli (1919–2004) was an Italian army officer, partisan, writer, and historian. After the war he took a job selling metal products but then turned to writing, dedicating himself to preserving the harsh memories of Italy’s World War II. He is also the author of L’ultimo fronte, a collection of letters from soldiers whose bodies were never found. ... Read more
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