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by Enrico Cernuschi
Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:36 am
Forum: The Allies in WWII
Topic: British feelers to Germany
Replies: 128
Views: 46030

Germany war aims were, at least since Summer 1941, a nightmare of exterminations camps. Britain's one were a paradise of plunderage and undervelopment. Two different kinds of crimes, of course, but both crimes. Bye EC PS Egypt was yet defended by the Western Desert and had to face a defensive role o...
by Enrico Cernuschi
Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:29 am
Forum: The Allies in WWII
Topic: British feelers to Germany
Replies: 128
Views: 46030

I agree that Italy's policy (a legitimate one, at least according the fashion of the last 35 centuries) was an aggressive one trying to seize, both in the Risorgimento, the Liberal and the Fascist times, any opportunity to increase the Kingsom borders and, above all, economical chances. But it was a...
by Enrico Cernuschi
Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:21 am
Forum: The Allies in WWII
Topic: British feelers to Germany
Replies: 128
Views: 46030

UK in 1939 and 1940 (not to mention 1941) had no alternative at war. Only "British" a victory could grant her establishment, by vampirizing Europe, a further generation of old style life. A compromise peace not, as it would have been followed by a retourn of the Labour and a renewed social...
by Enrico Cernuschi
Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:15 am
Forum: The Allies in WWII
Topic: British feelers to Germany
Replies: 128
Views: 46030

The Danzig crisis stopped the program, but after a typical wait and see phase, Britian come back to the same war path with the total naval blockade to coal shipments to Italy since 1 March 1940. There was a chance for peace (John Lukacs, Five days in London, May 1940) by Churchill but at least the o...
by Enrico Cernuschi
Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:45 am
Forum: The Allies in WWII
Topic: British feelers to Germany
Replies: 128
Views: 46030

Hello Sid, take it easy, please. If anything which doesn't fix with your onw schemes are preconceived ideas any scientific debate would be quite difficoult indeed. Any government studies different and, sometimes, opposite choices, and maybe prefers to save for the archives only the memorandum which ...
by Enrico Cernuschi
Mon Nov 27, 2006 11:46 am
Forum: The Allies in WWII
Topic: British feelers to Germany
Replies: 128
Views: 46030

Hello Sid, in Sept. 1918 Britain stopped the sailing of coal, meat, corn ect. to Italy (not only the ones coming from Britain, but the American ones too which were paid by USA credits) as she asked a sine qua non condition: the recognition, by the main Italian enterprises of "empty" shares...
by Enrico Cernuschi
Fri Nov 24, 2006 11:49 pm
Forum: The Allies in WWII
Topic: American Troop Jewish Company - Shanghai 3 Sept. 1939
Replies: 1
Views: 2035

American Troop Jewish Company - Shanghai 3 Sept. 1939

Hello Gentlemen, I was able to find on http://home.adelphia.net a detailed order of battle of the British Army on 3 Sept. 1939 in the colonies and mandates. I discovered the existence of an "American Troop Jewish Company in Shanghai. What the hell was this Company, the last members of Benedict ...
by Enrico Cernuschi
Fri Nov 24, 2006 12:13 pm
Forum: Kriegsmarine
Topic: E-Boats v PT Boats
Replies: 37
Views: 33582

Hi Dave,

for the Italian fast coastal forces activity history you have to wait for 2008 as I'm writing it just now with Vincent P. O'Hara.

About the 15 Aug. 1943 action I would like Peter K could give us some confirmation and details.

Peter, listen at us, please.

EC
by Enrico Cernuschi
Wed Nov 22, 2006 2:25 pm
Forum: Soldatenheim
Topic: Airfix in receivership??
Replies: 81
Views: 20000

Hello Reb, you could find excellent Italian North Africa 1/72 soldiers by an Italian enterprise, "Waterloo 1815". They did a fantastic X MAS infantry combat group too. That same company did the Folgore Paratroopers and 47/32 gun and crew ESCI is selling abroad. Bye EC PS POWs are protected...
by Enrico Cernuschi
Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:20 am
Forum: Kriegsmarine
Topic: E-Boats v PT Boats
Replies: 37
Views: 33582

Hi Dave, I confirm it's the forst time I know about a UN PT action on that night in Sicilian waters. I'm puzzled they had to be German S boats, as the Italian motosiluranti were patrolling north of the Strait and the German ones south. As no Italian action is recorded that time are you sure those sa...
by Enrico Cernuschi
Tue Nov 21, 2006 12:54 pm
Forum: Soldatenheim
Topic: Airfix in receivership??
Replies: 81
Views: 20000

Hello Gentlemen, I'm impressed to see how many among us grew with Airfix. Later enterprises did, sometime, better toy soldiers, but my hearth belongs still with the first version of the Sixties. The Afrika Korps original type, the Infantry Combat Group, gee! I lose them (I had more than fifty boxes,...
by Enrico Cernuschi
Sun Nov 19, 2006 10:08 am
Forum: The Allies in WWII
Topic: Juba River, Somaliland, Feb. 1941
Replies: 12
Views: 5850

Well, the "Divisions" of the Regio Corpo Truppe Coloniali in Somaliland had, as guns, the 70/15, an howitzer dated 1902 still with a rigid mounting; no tanks and almost no arm. cars; they were, then, on their own feet only. Once their thin line on the Juba river was broken there was no cha...
by Enrico Cernuschi
Sat Nov 18, 2006 4:28 pm
Forum: Kriegsmarine
Topic: E-Boats v PT Boats
Replies: 37
Views: 33582

Hello Dave, I did't know about a clash between USN and German MTBs off SAicily in Aug. 1943. May you add some details (date, position, ect.)? I know about an encounter on 28/29 July 1943 night between PT 203, 214 and 218 off Capo d'Orlando (Sicily north coast) and the Italian MS 21, 53, 65 and 66 wh...
by Enrico Cernuschi
Sat Nov 18, 2006 10:20 am
Forum: The Allies in WWII
Topic: British feelers to Germany
Replies: 128
Views: 46030

Hi Sid, Mussolini had war aims against Britain, of course, but this was typical of any Italian premier since 1861 (that same year there was the first big clash, in greece, between the just born kingdom of Italy, supporting the Hellenic King, and UK, which at least overthorw him changing that client ...
by Enrico Cernuschi
Sat Nov 18, 2006 6:39 am
Forum: The Allies in WWII
Topic: British feelers to Germany
Replies: 128
Views: 46030

Hello Carl, Italy terms in May-June 1940 before the declaration of war were almost the same Mussolini had proposed in Jan. 1939 during Chamberlain and Halifax visit in Rome and during the Munchen conferece in Sept. 1938, anytime without results: the solution of the "Problema italiano" (to ...