Alfredo Dallolio
@alfredodallolio.bsky.social
Amateur Historian. Focus on: WW1 Italy | WW2 North Africa & Mediterranean | Italian Colonialism & Fascism | Military Logistics. Enthusiasm for: Speculative Fiction | AS Roma
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"Sooner or later someone misreads the Italian and the system breaks down."
- Gore Vidal
- Gore Vidal
September 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"Sooner or later someone misreads the Italian and the system breaks down."
- Gore Vidal
- Gore Vidal
The Virgin Mary surrounded by U.S. paratroopers in a stained glass of the church in Sainte-Mère-Église
August 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The Virgin Mary surrounded by U.S. paratroopers in a stained glass of the church in Sainte-Mère-Église
A view from the colombier of La Roche-Guyon castle
August 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
A view from the colombier of La Roche-Guyon castle
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
August 4, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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
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🔎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?...
📚 This video goes through the context and technical details of the matter: youtu.be/bkinxW7a0Hs?...
July 29, 2025 at 7:19 AM
🔎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?...
📚 This video goes through the context and technical details of the matter: youtu.be/bkinxW7a0Hs?...
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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
December 27, 2024 at 6:47 PM
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
Post a gif from a B/W film
July 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Post a gif from a B/W film
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🧵
July 23, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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🧵
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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?...
Paolo Conte - Diavolo Rosso HD (live tour 2013)
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July 18, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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?...
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🧵
July 18, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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🧵
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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…
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…
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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July 16, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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…
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…
If you see this, quote with a time travel movie that's not BACK TO THE FUTURE.
July 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
If you see this, quote with a time travel movie that's not BACK TO THE FUTURE.
British tank landing crafts (LCTs) clash with Italian naval units and the Italian-German air forces: two rammings in a day 💥 🛥️ buff.ly/he1hObF #ww2 #wwII #desertwar #northafrica #navalhistory #aviationhistory
Late July 1941 in the sky over Cyrenaica
From July 1941 onwards, the British supply operation at Tobruk was greatly facilitated by the use of the fast minelayers HMS Abdiel and HMS Latona and eight LCT tank landing crafts, operating…
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July 14, 2025 at 6:00 AM
British tank landing crafts (LCTs) clash with Italian naval units and the Italian-German air forces: two rammings in a day 💥 🛥️ buff.ly/he1hObF #ww2 #wwII #desertwar #northafrica #navalhistory #aviationhistory
A podcast on the S.79 from "World of Warbirds" (in English)
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Sm.79: The Damned Hunchback
World of Warbirds · Episode
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July 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A podcast on the S.79 from "World of Warbirds" (in English)
open.spotify.com/episode/43Hs... #WW2 #WWII #aviation #aviationhistory
open.spotify.com/episode/43Hs... #WW2 #WWII #aviation #aviationhistory
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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.
July 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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.
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
July 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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
July 4, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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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.
July 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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.
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
June 29, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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
The "conformist" Mario Roatta and the "Spanish Mafia" attempt to take over the Axis Command in North Africa buff.ly/dDlUJSq #WW2 #WWII #desertwar #Rommel #regioesercito #fascism
The Roatta mission (June 1941)
One of the darkest figures in the Regio Esercito is sent to Cyrenaica to "fix" the Italian command and verify its relations with the Germans.
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June 24, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The "conformist" Mario Roatta and the "Spanish Mafia" attempt to take over the Axis Command in North Africa buff.ly/dDlUJSq #WW2 #WWII #desertwar #Rommel #regioesercito #fascism
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#OTD in 1941 sloop HMS Auckland sank with the loss of 38 men NW off Gambut while escorting the small tanker Pass of Balmaha to Tobruk.
The 'Tobruk Run' had claimed another victim.
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#WW2 #navalhistory #desertwar
The 'Tobruk Run' had claimed another victim.
@alanallport.bsky.social @marcusfaulkner.bsky.social @cedricmas.bsky.social
#WW2 #navalhistory #desertwar
The Tobruk Run – Loss of HMS Auckland 24 June 1941
Introduction The Tobruk Run (colloquially known as the “Tobruk Ferry”) was a series of convoy and naval supply operations that operated with some interruptions from April to December 1941, and whic…
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June 24, 2025 at 8:45 AM
#OTD in 1941 sloop HMS Auckland sank with the loss of 38 men NW off Gambut while escorting the small tanker Pass of Balmaha to Tobruk.
The 'Tobruk Run' had claimed another victim.
@alanallport.bsky.social @marcusfaulkner.bsky.social @cedricmas.bsky.social
#WW2 #navalhistory #desertwar
The 'Tobruk Run' had claimed another victim.
@alanallport.bsky.social @marcusfaulkner.bsky.social @cedricmas.bsky.social
#WW2 #navalhistory #desertwar
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
June 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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
June 21, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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
June 1941. Six months after his personal revenge on Badoglio, Cavallero could finally devote himself to the North African front. But he found himself trapped in the spider web that he had personally engineered years before. buff.ly/SZVStEe #WW2 #WWII #fascism
The difficult birth of "Comando Supremo"
Powerplays and inefficiencies in the chain of command of the Italian armed forces during WW2. Cavallero tries to patch up the damage.
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June 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
June 1941. Six months after his personal revenge on Badoglio, Cavallero could finally devote himself to the North African front. But he found himself trapped in the spider web that he had personally engineered years before. buff.ly/SZVStEe #WW2 #WWII #fascism