14/06/21 | History
Falkland: a forgotten conflict
Almost 40 years ago, in 1982, for a little over ten weeks, the newspapers of the world focused on a conflict that broke out on the other side of the world, for the possession of a ...
5649
Read
04/06/21 | History
The War in the Pacific: The Battle of the Midways (1942)
Between 4 and 7 June 1942 near the Midway atoll the myth of the unbeatenability of the Japanese empire was shattered. From then on, the fortunes in the Pacific would change ...
4818
Read
13/04/21 | History
The Savoy Cavalry in the land of Russia
In memory of my father Angelo, who died in 2009 just before my nephew was born, and to all the men of the Savoia Cavalleria. Starting from the spring of 1941, the Savoia ...
4226
Read
26/03/21 | History
Attack on the Suda Bay: 80 years ago the feat of the men of the 10 ^ Flotilla MAS
"Everything was entrusted to us. A man with his boat hurled at insane speed against a large ship: a human torpedo." The director couldn't have described it better ...
5271
Read
22/03/21 | History
Heroic defeat, the forgotten myth of the facts of arms of the Giarabub Oasis
Eighty years ago, with inexorable defeat, the battle near the Libyan oasis in the heart of the Cyrenaica desert, called al-Jaghbūb in Arabic ...
5512
Read
19/03/21 | History
The wicked Albion
In the previous piece, a month ago, we were left with the question: why the Italian prisoners in the hands of the British were not released after September 8, 1943, date of ...
5864
Read
17/03/21 | History
Brigata Marina San Marco, the "Lions" of Venice for 102 years
History and tactical functions of the infantrymen are very ancient, so much so as to trace their predecessors even in the "milites classiarii" of the Roman fleet. For...
1710
Read
16/03/21 | History
The Royal Navy in the Russian Campaign: on the Black Sea and Lake Ladoga
On June 4, some assault units of the RegiaMarina carried out their first action of war. These are the Italian flotilla in the Black Sea, MAS, CB mini submarines, ...
4134
Read
11/03/21 | History
Japanese intelligence in the Second World War: Operation Z
The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 can be considered, to all intents and purposes, one of the most grandiose ...
2868
Read
02/03/21 | History
The Tagliamento Legion on the Russian front
I have always been interested from the "historical" point of view in the Russian Campaign, also in memory of my father who ...
5552
Read
16/02/21 | History
From Tobruk to Zonderwater
The "Premier Mine", owned by the diamond company Petra Diamonds, located in the city of Cullinan, 40 km. to...
4500
Read
11/02/21 | History
103 years ago the Buccari mockery
Today is the anniversary of one of the most memorable feats of the Navy. At the beginning of 1918 it was decided ...
1979
Read
21/01/21 | History
The Battle of Tobruk (21-23 January 1941)
The facts of Tobruk are framed in Operation Compass, unleashed by General Archibald's Western Desert Force ...
9452
Read
07/01/21 | History
The best gift ever brought by the Befana!
January 6, 1982. It is not a mistake, the date is correct, that of the Epiphany. An Epiphany with a great gift, that of 39 ...
5500
Read
31/12/20 | History
The "Sassari" brigade between history, legends and anecdotes
In the usual melancholy rearrangement of the correspondence of the past year, the eye fell on the file “...
7789
Read
18/12/20 | History
18-19 December 1941: the Alexandria Company
In the night between 18 and 19 December 1941, 6 raiders of the Navy carried out the enterprise of ...
2580
Read
16/12/20 | History
59 years ago the Luigi Rizzo frigate, the first ship of the Navy with a flight deck
The Luigi Rizzo frigate, the first ship to 'host' on board a ...
3063
Read
19/11/20 | History
Enduring Freedom: nineteen years ago Nave Garibaldi left for the mission in the Middle East
“General maneuvering post”. The first ship to head out of the obstructions of the port of Taranto was Nave Zefiro. There...
2053
Read
04/11/20 | History
Vittorio Veneto: was it true glory?
On November 4, 1918, on the Italian Front, the Great War ended (at the time they were not numbered), with the Armistice of ...
3949
Read
30/10/20 | History
October 30, 1940: Gibraltar, mission BG2
In the autumn of 1940 the submarine Scirè was designated for the first attack mission against Gibraltar, ...
2511
Read
Events
Click on the days highlighted in red and find out what's in evidence.
Publishing
Syria: The Most Vile Betrayal
Do you see this photo? It is from 2015. Behind me, there are the faces of some of the tens of thousands of soldiers and volunteers who sacrificed their lives to defend their homeland. The...
Read
Letters to the Director
Letter to Difesa Online: "Are the chiefs of staff also censored now?"
Dear director, I have read the speech given by General Masiello to the 40th of the Lagunari and, remembering having read the Army Press Release (it dates back to 25 June, you were not...
Read