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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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, ...
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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 greatest intelligence operations that took place during the ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 “...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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06/10/20 | History
Gulf of Sirte 1986: the US Navy crosses the "Death Line"
The story of the 18 seafarers of Mazara del Vallo, kidnapped by the Haftar coast guard last September 1st ...
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Faces and U-turns. Ukraine between Holiness and Prostitution
From the Book of Sirach Sir 27,5-8 (NV) [gr. 27,4-7] When a sieve is shaken, the refuse remains; so when a man argues, the defects are revealed. The potter's vessels are tested by the...
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Letters to the Director
Letter to Difesa Online: "Save the Navy!"
Dear Director, We kindly ask you to publish this letter, which is as open as it is heartfelt and truthful, concerning the need to “save” the Navy from a situation...
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