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Complicated Italian history. Glory to those who came to their minds and took to arms qgainst Hitler.

Italian men are brave and honorable. Mussolini was a martinet and the Italian economy and military were not equipped to keep pace with Hitler’s maniacal plans. But there is no cowardice among Italians. The whole “Italy was worthless in WW2” reveals the ignorance of anyone who puts it forth. I’m American; relatives in both WW2 theaters. No Italian heritage. But I love and admire Italy. It is a treasure to the western world.

Where were the partisans when Italian women were being raped by the French

It's a shame there's no mention of the Decima Mas and Prince Valerio Borghese.

I've become fascinated with this part of history. Mostly because Fascism is bundled in with National Socialism and used as a pejorative. When someone calls you fascist (small f), they're calling you a Nazi. And that shuts down debate. I think I understand how the two are related, but also how they are separate entities. If you look at Fascism (capital F) as the sum of its parts, it is - national socialism (lower case n and s). The DAP was a racist ideology (fantasy) without a political vehicle. Enter Fascism. Fascism provided the political basis for the DAP to enter mainstream politics. And the DAP rebranded themselves the NSDAP in 1922 when they saw the way to their victory was through politics, not street fighting against the Bolsheviks. Therefore, Fascism (capital F) is national socialism. National Socialism (capital N&S) is fascist - but it isn’t Fascism. A National Socialist cannot be a Fascist (because Fascism isn't race based, whereas the NSDAP is entirely race-based). A Fascist can be a National Socialist (because you can apply race to Fascism if you wish to, but it isn't a requirement).

Great video

The Italian foot soldier in both World Wars fought well, contrary to common myth. Their problems were consistently the result of poor leadership and corruption in every aspect of Italian society, government, and the military. This resulted in generally poor weaponry, unreliable supply, and mediocre to miserable leadership. The higher the ranking the worse the performance. You only have to look at Italian valor and doggedness in the Alps in WWI and their defensive tenacity in North Africa to see the great potential of these troops. Italy then as now, was not a meritocracy. Officers were promoted depending on their connections, not their performance or ability. This continues to be true of every part of Italian society, which goes far to explain the miserable condition of Italy overall today. Similar problems permeated South Vietnam and you know what happened there.

Perhaps the context is well set and you may refer to the CSIR as Italians.

Im american and alot of my italian american friends are unaware that italians were axis, how come? Does italy not talk about it?

There is no way a new government could exist without a violent counterpart whether it was Fascist or Communist and never could Italy have survived as a Nation after WWI without the March on Rome. "The “Blackshirts” burned down union and Socialist Party headquarters. They broke workers' strikes, killed hundreds of radicals, and terrorized.." they had to. D'Annunzio was interesting as it was stated that he popularized the Black Shirts.

My family moved to the US from Italy decades ago, my father and uncle are US Marine Corps combat veterans but my great grandfather was an Italian soldier in WWII. He served after 1943 so he actually served against the germans and he was captured. Had to walk all the way home after the war ended

My late father was a soldier during WW2. He'd tell me that serving in Northern Africa all he and his group mostly did was shoot at empty beer cans and constantly retreating. He came from a poor family. In winter time the family would circle around closely their cow in stable to stay warm. His other brothers were sent off to Greece. When the Italians surrendered and told to lay down their weapons, my uncles were lined up and machime gunned down by the Nazis. After my said all the bodies were bulldozed off the cliff. Sorry to get off track but it's hard to see neo nazis still parading around. My maternal uncle went underground as a partisan. Doing his best to stay alive In my mom's hometown of Crespanno del Grappa the nazis hung the young 18 year olds in the the town square Anyways that's just a small part of my heritage. Im first generation in the U.S. Have stayed with my Italian cousins several times over the years. Memorable times were hiking up Monte Grappa overlooking all the small towns at it's base. At the top, Cima Grappa is the WW1 memorial of all the fallen Italian soldiers that defended Italy from the invading Austrians. So much history.

Italians are not warriors. They are musicians, cookers, poets and architectures!

Interessante

That’s Theodore eicke not burger

My great grandfather was a tenent of the Alpini, "tridentina" brigade, one of a few man returning from the nikolajewka battle, i still remember the painting of him and the russian sword near the chimney...

Wonderful video! Christ bless.

The axis alliance of Italy took part in the invasion of Russia in 1941they fought all the to starlingrad

Did they have the support of tanks?

Unlike the Germans , the Italians did not kill their captives and refused to hand over any Russian prisoners to the Wehrmacht once they learned what the fate of the poor Russian prisoners would be.

Good information! Thanx!

Fascinating! Very informative, thank you very much

8:08 Poor dude, having to haul a gun piece like that by himself haha. It's weird our forces nowadays don't have any weapons like that at the platoon and company level. Just mortars and MMG's. Mostly LMG's actually.

Mi dispiace ma non parlo l'inglese 😢😢😢😢😢😢

I really want to see a movie about the Italians in the Eastern Front.

Onore!

This is excellent I real enjoy the history lesson. Renactors were incredible . The m-33 helmets with the SS insignia were interesting !!

Enjoyed this documentary very much. Thanks for posting. Italian contribution to WW2 pre and post 1943 is fascinating.

Bravisimo!!

You are ashamed to admit that Russia washed your Roman profiles with Russian urine.

very interesting fotage ive never seen bofore, very cool👍..... by the way the picture you show when talking about the romanians are actually bulgarians

Il mio onore si chiama fedeltà.

HEIL VICTORY BROTHERS

Stern are you italian?/ Sei italiano?

Grandi ss.italiani.✋️

AWSOME VIDEO! I would love to see more historical videos on the police and do u have the sources you used for the video by chance?

my Father was a member of the ; Regia Aeronautica ( Italian Air Force ) , stated in Scuteri Albania on to Giannina Greece , Dniperpetroski Ukraine and Stalino Russia .those are the Cities I remember mentioning .

These men are Italian heroes.

Let's be honest, German means Genuine, the Germanic Goths sacked Rome multiple times,and when your precious Roman Empire spit in two then suffered Muslim invasions, it was The Goths,Holy Roman Empire that was strong enough, Charlemagne/Martel saved Europe from shit skins

That's right, u don't know alot of things....drrrr Koreans were in the SS too, read a book, dump truck

Those feathers on the helmets were a really bad idea in combat. The Russian sees the feather coming up ahead of the helmet and he's already got that SVT-40 aimed in the right place as soon as the face is showing.

These reports are so positive you would think Italy won the war.

A great little video.

We salute our brave fascist Italian comrades!!

I always felt sorry for Italians on the eastern front, cause they had to suffer the russian winter like nobody else.

My uncle fought Germans and Italians during the war. He said the Italians were better soldiers than the Germans and the Americans, and the only reason anyone was able to beat them was because their highest officers were political appointees who didn't know what they were doing. In fact, I think the commander of all the Italian forces in North Africa was about 90 years old and had never commanded anything previously. That guy spent the whole campaign sending his troops into situations that no army could have won.

The troops fought well but were led badly.

Interesting video. Good footage of Italian troops in action. 👍

down with russia

i don't like russian soldier