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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Sorry for my absence, lost in the libyan desert again

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

show me a comic book page you love, no explanation needed

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Trump is uniting all religious authorities against him. But from northern Iraq, the demon Pazuzu is making it known that he is on his side.

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Mirkothebear @amichevolebear.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Gente che ha costruito un intera narrativa su Mattei e poi sta per fare la stessa carognata a Cingolani. Ma almeno non lo hanno ammazzato. É un miglioramento.

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

After Caporetto, on Oct 27 1917, a major but forgotten battle took place at Cividale. Four brigades, half composed of replacements, held back for ten hours the four German divisions who had concentrated at the junction of the Natisone River and the Po Valley 1/2🧵 #1GM #FWW #Grande-Guerre #WW1

On October 27, 1917, after the grueling and bloody battles of the Isonzo and the retreat from Caporetto on October 24, the Italian army blew up the Devil's Bridge in Cividale del Friuli (Udine) over the Natisone River to slow the German and Austro-Hungarian advance, following a night during which the city had been held under constant enemy fire.

The advance of German and Austro-Hungarian troops from Plezzo and Tolmino to the Piave River. The city of Cividale is highlighted in red.

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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Isetta Fagnol was 13 when the enemy occupied her town in the aftermath of Caporetto, eleven months later, she tells the story of what happened when the tide turned and liberation came in 1918 🇮🇹 achurchill.substack.com/p/article-th...

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ARTICLE: The End of the War in Italy, 1918

I’ve been meaning to do this one for a while.

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

It's interesting how John Bolton looks desperate yet he doesn't miss the opportunity to threaten Europe. These few minutes of video are truly revealing youtu.be/pbcQ-ZbmOTM?... #iran #eu #hormuz #usa #war

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Don’t Underestimate Trump’s Spite Over Hormuz | John Bolton Warns Nato in Europe

YouTube video by Times News

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

October 24, 1917. The attack on Plezzo in a *very* German print of the time. #WW1 #FWW #WWI #greatwar #caporetto

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Convoy warfare wasn't on my bingo card for 2026. But here we are. #hormuz #iran

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Shin'ya Tsukamoto and #WWII, again. In the miniseries "The Tokyo Trial" (2016), Tsukamoto tries acting, playing the writer Michio Takeyama. An opportunity to reflect on idealism versus pragmatism and self-interest today, when few nations seem to believe in international law #WW2 #Japan #Pacificwar

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Giorgio Rochat slaughters John Keegan and tries to spur his fellow italian historians by raising an interesting historiographical question about #WWI. Oh, I love fistfights between military historians. Much safer than the war itself. [English translation in ALT] #kaiserschlacht #caporetto #FWW

And yet Caporetto remains a topic often approached with prejudice and superficiality by non-specialist Italian historians, and even more so by foreign historians who have little interest in the Italian war. Many keep writing of Caporetto as a disaster based on just two texts: Hemingway's great historical novel, "A Farewell to Arms", and Lieutenant Rommel's memoirs on the battlefield. A distinguished historian of the two world wars, John Keegan, has written shameful, careless pages on Caporetto, but unfortunately he is far from being the only one. On the other hand, the renewal of studies on the Italian war did not extend to its military dimension; new sectoral contributions remained limited to a national context. Indeed, what is still lacking is a comparative study of the Austro-German success at Caporetto with the great German offensives of 1918 in France, two extraordinary successes achieved with the same techniques.

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

My favorite version of this song: mournful but passionate, almost savage. Violin and accordion instead of a boring folk guitar. The tragedy of war on the Italian front condensed in the voice of this French girl. youtu.be/HbFINI9pxuU #WWI #greatwar #WW1 #FWW

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Gorizia

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

My beloved cyberpunk nutcase Shin'ya Tsukamoto tackling #WWII in the Pacific: "Fires on the Plain" (2014). What more could I ask for? #movies #pacificwar #japan

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

"The use of US bases we're granting is the same as Spain's." Come on, Guido. It's pointless to compare a country on the losing side of WWII and with 111 US/NATO bases on its soil to one with only 5. In the EU, we need to start telling ourselves the truth. Each to their own end.

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Happy ending. But the AW-149 could really have become further collateral damage from Brexit: first you scare away two competitors; then you try to strangle the last remaining (European!) one for political reasons; then, finally, you come to your senses. www.avionews.it/item/1268049...

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Leonardo: UK MoD announces contract for 23 AW-149 helicopters

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced a £1 billion contract award for new medium helicopters (NMH). Under the programme, Leonardo will build and deliver 23 latest generation AW-149s from Yeovil, ...

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

May 1918: the Internal Defense Committee of the Italian Army addressed Gen. Diaz with alarming news: "There are reports of active hoarding of members of the 'Arditi' corps. This is being conducted by the extremist parties of all militant persuasion, and it's a preparation..." 1/2 🧵

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

A beautiful comic book about the Battle of Ortigara, released in 2025: TAPUM by Leo Ortolani. I hope it's translated into other languages soon. #WW1 #GreatWar #WWI

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Battle of Mount Ortigara (10-29 June 1917) was the numerical pinnacle (around 400.000 men involved) of the "White War" in #WW1. In a restricted and impervious high altitude space, after 20 days of battle and 25.200 losses, the Italians fell back to their original positions. More details in ALT.

North-to-south view. Afternoon of June 10, 1917. Italian troops on the slopes of Mount Ortigara awaiting to launch a new assault to the top of the mountain.

South-to-North view. Positions at the start of the battle. The Italians had to descend over a hundred meters into no man's land in open terrain, then face another similar climb to reach the summit of Mount Ortigara.

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

"2026 is the year of the horse" The horse

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Canadians, you had to do ONE THING 😐

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Charles L. Leavitt IV @clliv.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

"Sooner or later someone misreads the Italian and the system breaks down." - Gore Vidal

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

The Virgin Mary surrounded by U.S. paratroopers in a stained glass of the church in Sainte-Mère-Église

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

A view from the colombier of La Roche-Guyon castle

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

OTD, 4 August 1944, the nazi-fascists abandoned the left bank of Florence and blew up the bridges over the Arno. The city was not immediately liberated. The Partisans issued the order for an uprising and begun a long battle, that ended with the liberation only on 1 September. #ww2 #italy #resistance

Florence, Borgo San Jacopo (with Palazzo della Signoria in the background) in September 1944

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Italian Military Archives @ima-naval-history.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

🔎Why was Malta not invaded at the start of the war? This is a recurrent question in discussions about #ww2 but rarely analysed in detail. 📚 This video goes through the context and technical details of the matter: youtu.be/bkinxW7a0Hs?...

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

OTD, 28 July 1943, a "Separatist Manifesto" is published in Sicily, calling on the Allies to recognize the island as an independent sovereign state with a republican regime. #ww2 #italy #wwII

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Nicholas Whithorn @nickwhithorn.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

At dawn on 28 December 1943, the 7 Cervi brothers, Gelindo (42), Antenore (37), Aldo (34), Ferdinando (32), Agostino (27), Ovidio (25) & Ettore (22), are executed by an Italian fascist firing squad in Reggio Emilia for their partisan activities [Thread] >> 1

A family portrait photo of the Cervi family with brothers Gelindo, Antenore, Aldo, Ferdinando, Agostino, Ovidio and Ettore, as well as their two sisters Diomira and Rina, and their parents Alcide Cervi and their Genoeffa Cocconi.

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

In the morning OTD, 23 July 1941, six Italian S.79s torpedo-bombers based at Elmas (Sardinia) attacked the "Substance" convoy, headed to Malta from Gibraltar. Defending Fulmars from HMS Ark Royal were distracted by Italian high-level bombers. This allowed the S.79s to attack at low level. 1/5🧵

Map of Operation Substance (22-24 July 1941). The location of the Italian and British submarines is shown: black and white squares respectively. The map was drawn by Loretta Mattesini based on the British original from the Historical Section Admiralty. (Source: Francesco Mattesini "Le Operazioni Britanniche 'Substance' E 'Style' Per Il Rifornimento Di Malta", available on Academia.edu).

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Luke Seaber @thelong1930s.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

My periodic reminder that although everything is - well, just look around - this video of Paolo Conte exists and makes things that little bit better: youtu.be/hXMPg4Ok1Ws?...

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Paolo Conte - Diavolo Rosso HD (live tour 2013)

YouTube video by vincenzo vinz

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

OTD, 18 July 1941, the "Spanish Mafia" of the Italian Army settled in Cyrenaica with the appointment of Ettore Bastico as Supreme Commander. «A curious twist of history: Rommel found himself in the same situation in which Bastico and Gambara had found themselves in relation to Franco in 1937... 1/2🧵

General Ettore Bastico in Derna to visit the port with a group of German MAS in June 1942 (Source: Archivio Centrale dello Stato)

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The Crusader Project @crusaderproject.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

The state of the Afrika-Korps, 29 April 1941 Background When Rommel’s advance caused chaos, not just in the British command and field forces, but also in the High Command of the Army in Berlin, General von Paulus, then Chief Quartermaster of the German army, was sent to North Africa to rein him…

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The state of the Afrika-Korps, 29 April 1941

Background When Rommel’s advance caused chaos, not just in the British command and field forces, but also in the High Command of the Army in Berlin, General von Paulus, then Chief Quartermaster of the German army, was sent to North Africa to rein him in, and exert at least some control. On his return, like every good staff officer, he drafted a report on this.

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Frederick @possumlad.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Just arrived from down under, a very faded fregio (cap badge) for the 21st motorized artillery regiment, which was part of the 101st motorized infantry “Trieste” division that served in North Africa.

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

If you are interested in the history of the Normans in Italy, don't miss visiting the "Musée Tancrède" in Hauteville-la-Guichard maps.app.goo.gl/xLYnUWPUCnbc... #middleage #history #sicily #normandy

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Andrew Hills @fwdpublishing.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Although at first glance this might look like a WW2 German SdKfz.10 but this actually the chassis of the Italian Fiat 727 c.1942/3. Seen during testing this vehicle was proposed as a projected weapons platform, artillery tower, and personnel carrier.

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

OTD, 29 June 1941, the destroyers HMAS Waterhen and HMS Defender sailed from Tobruk to Alexandria, embarking soldiers of the 6th Australian Infantry Division. They were attacked near Sollum by twelve Ju 87s of I./StG 1 and seven Italian Ju 87s of the 239a Squadriglia. 1/3 #navalhistory #aviation

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

OTD, June 22 1941, the freshest news about the start of Operation Barbarossa reached North Africa via Gen. Gause, who had arrived a few days earlier directly from the OKW. According to Gen. Zanussi, Gause told him: «The Russian campaign will not last more than two or three months... 1/3🧵 #WW2 #WWII

General (Generalmajor) Alfred Gause gives instructions to German and Italian officers (Source: ImagesDéfense)

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Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

OTD, 21 June 1941, the diary of the Italian Comando Supremo laconically reports that "General Marras (Italian Military Attaché in Berlin) informs that on the evening of the 21st the Führer will receive the Soviet ambassador". #barbarossa #WWII #nazism #WW2 #fascism

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