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'A gripping story that cuts to the heart of friendship and first love' The Scotsman
In many parts of the world
sometimes astonishing
In a fascinating final chapter
from that point where private memory
Gabriele Esposito: Italian Colonial Troops 1882-1960 (Men-at-Arms) [2022] paperback Condition:New 'A gripping story that cutsA complete illustrated study of the varied range of Italian colonial units who served in East and North Africa. Italy only unified as a nation in 1870 and was late, and therefore impatient, in the 'scramble' for Africa. An initial foothold in Eritrea Somalia, north east Africa, led to a disastrous defeat in Ethiopia in 1896 at the Battle of Adwa, but Italian Somaliland was later consolidated on the west coast of the Red Sea. During 1911, Italy also
