Re: Italy in world war 2 website
The interesting thing about the blackshirts, is that as you said volunteers. I don't know if you have heard this story Mynydd but I am sure you might get some enjoyment out of it.
One of the biggest army divisions at Spain was the Littorio. Even though it was considered a regular army division it was far from it.The volunteer "corps" that were sent to Spain were an absolute joke and it was due to Mussolini's horrible political moves. The volunteers were mostly 30 years and up, unemployed who had officially been signed up as colonists for the African colonies. Ironically, some were even actor doubles that had been hired for the propaganda Italian films of the time about Scipio Africanus.
It was a nice surprise when suddenly they were in Spain and they were instantly handed rifles and told to go fight.
It was a disaster.
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