Italian WW2 Military Postcards.
DPK1043. Italian WW2 Military Postcards. Military postcard pack.
Items in this pack : Item #1 - Click to view individual item DHM6181PC. New Orders by David Pentland. July 1942. Italian M13/40 tanks of 132nd Armoured Regiment, Ariete Division stop to receive an urgent dispatch while advancing on the British defensive lines at El Alamein. Collector's Postcard - Restricted Initial Print Run of 100 cards. Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
Item #2 - Click to view individual item DHM6182PC. Folgore at El Alamein by David Pentland. North Africa, 30th September - 6th November 1942. During the final battle at El Alamein the Italian paratroopers of the 185th Folgore Parachute Division held the southern end of the Axis defence line down to the Qattara Depression. For several days they repelled constant attacks by a succession of Commonwealth units including the vaunted 7th Armoured Division, The Desert Rats. All of this ended on November 6th, when the last organized group commanded by Colonel Camosso and Major Zanninovich, surrounded by British tanks, finished its ammunition reserves. From an initial strength of 5,000, only 306 paratroopers were still alive. For their bravery, the British gave them the singular honour of allowing the Folgore survivors to retain their weapons on their surrender. Collector's Postcard - Restricted Initial Print Run of 100 cards. Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
Item #3 - Click to view individual item DHM6209PC. The Road to Zeila by David Pentland. British Somaliland, 1940. Italian Carro Amato M11/39 tanks of the 'Compania Speciale Carri M' advance on the British held town of Zeila. These where only one of two medium tank companies of 12 tanks each which were deployed in Africa Orientale (Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Somaliland) by the Italian Army. Collector's Postcard - Restricted Initial Print Run of 100 cards. Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
Item #4 - Click to view individual item DHM6210PC. Special Brigade 50 by David Pentland. Gabes, Tunisia, 21st November 1942. Following the capture of Thelepte and its airfield by US paratroops, Axis forces responded by sending German paratroops to Gafsa, and a scratch force of Italians to occupy Gabes. This force designated '50 Special Brigade' consisted of 6th Infantry Battalion, 557th Semovente Group, (75/18 Assault Guns), and the 15th Armoured Battalion from the Centauro Armoured Division plus 3 Artillery battalions. Collector's Postcard - Restricted Initial Print Run of 100 cards. Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
Item #5 - Click to view individual item DHM6218PC. Objective Cairo by David Pentland. Egypt, North Africa, 13th - 20th September 1940. Carro Veloce L3 /33 tankettes and MVSN Blackshirts advance into Egypt from Libya as part of the long awaited offensive by the Italian 5th and 10th Armies in North Africa. Collector's Postcard - Restricted Initial Print Run of 100 cards. Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
Item #6 - Click to view individual item DHM6366PC. Mussolini's Boys by David Pentland. Bir El Gubi , North Africa, 4th December 1941. Young soldiers of the 'Giovani Fascisti' Division man a 47mm Breda Anti Tank gun during bitter fighting against the 4th Indian Division. Comprised of volunteers aged from 17 to 21, the GGFF, earned a reputation for bravery, and the nickname Mussolini's Boys. Collector's Postcard - Restricted Initial Print Run of 100 cards. Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
Item #7 - Click to view individual item DHM6367PC. The Hunters by David Pentland. The Fezzan, Libya, North Africa, November, 1942. The Italian Reparto Celere 3 of the 'Raggruppamento Sahariano AS', was the first unit to be equipped with the unique Camionetta 42 'Sahariana'. The platoon was used for patrols and had its first clashes with the LRDG on 17 November, when it lost one Sahariana, and on 25 November, when it succeeded in destroying four out of the eight enemy vehicles it encountered. Collector's Postcard - Restricted Initial Print Run of 100 cards. Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
Item #8 - Click to view individual item DHM6368PC. Enemy Ahead by David Pentland. North Africa, 18th November 1941. Italian Autoblinda armoured cars of Gen. Gambara's XX Mobile Corps trade shots with forward reconnaissance elements of the British 22nd Armoured Brigade, during the initial hours of Operation Crusader. Their quick withdrawal to report their contact would give the Italian main force a timely warning of the unexpected attack. Collector's Postcard - Restricted Initial Print Run of 100 cards. Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
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