![]() ![]() Leadership, esprit de corps, training, supply and equipment made the difference. ![]() Also, like in most armies, Italian gunners were of the die hard variety and there are many instances where they are reported to have died over their guns rather than retreat. ![]() In particular the Ariete and Trieste Divisions and the light infantry Bersaglieri units stand out in terms of their performance. There can absolutely no doubt that the Italian soldiers could and did fight, and in many instances they did so very well indeed. Regular readers will not be surprised to hear me say that I consider the truth can be found somewhere between these two extremes. that the Italian armed forces were the rock stars of World War 2, consistently rescued the day, and performed outstandingly throughout. Naturally, this has led to a counter-movement, which claims the exact opposite, i.e. This caricature view, which sees the Regio Esercito’s performance almost entirely through the lens of the COMPASS operation and the Rommel Papers still has many followers and in the English-speaking world you cannot go much wrong by heaping scorn on the Italian armed forces. The performance of the Italian army is still considered by many as a case of a badly led force that preferred to run away when faced with battle, couldn’t wait to get home to have spaghetti and that had to be rescued by Rommel personally and/or the Germans more generally every time it went into battle. ![]()
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