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Title:Iron Arm : The Mechanization of Mussolini's Army, 1920-1940
Series:(Stackpole Military History Series)
Author:John Joseph Timothy Sweet
ISBN:0811733513 : 9780811733519
Illustrations:23 b/w photos, 2 b/w diagrams & 4 maps
Format:Paperback
Size:155x230mm
Pages:207
Weight: .386 Kg.
Published:Stackpole Books - January 2007
List Price: 10.5 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:World history: Second World War: Military history


Though overshadowed by Germany's more famous Afrika Korps, Italian tanks formed a large part of the Axis armoured force that the Allies confronted -- and ultimately defeated -- in North Africa in the early years of World War II. Those tanks were the product of two decades of debate and development as the Italian military struggled to produce a modern, mechanised army in the aftermath of World War I. For a time, Italy stood near the front of the world's tank forces -- second only to Germany in number of divisions, first to create an armoured corps -- but once war came, Mussolini's iron arm failed as an effective military force. This is the story of its rise and fall.

Introduction; A Short History of the Italian Army, 1860-1918; The Italian Economy; Reggimento Carri Armati; From the Alps to Ethiopia; Combat Experience; Divisions and Corps; Prelude to War; New Ideas, Old Tanks; Index.