Description
Cronache della Guerra – Numero 6, 6 febbraio 1943
Scanned pages: 16 | Instant PDF download
Italian wartime illustrated magazine (Tumminelli Editore, Roma), digitized.
Cover
Italian soldiers boarding a transport aircraft in Tunisia, handing up equipment through the cargo door. Caption: “In Tunisia: trasporti per via aerea.” No war correspondent credited on the cover.
Main Articles
“Il Decennale del Nazionalsocialismo”
Marks the tenth anniversary of National Socialism’s rise to power, covering Germany’s total labor mobilization, speeches by Göring and Goebbels, Hitler’s anniversary message, the Casablanca conference, and the Japanese Diet’s session.
No individual author byline given (unsigned editorial piece). Photo credited: R.G. Luce (interrogation of captured French Foreign Legion prisoners in Tunisia).
“Idea di Panafrica” (Fronti Interni)
Analyzes the Anglo-American rivalry over the future colonial administration of Africa, discussing Field Marshal Smuts’s Pan-African ambitions and growing American economic penetration into British and Belgian colonial territory.
Author: Renato Caniglia. Photo credited: R.G. Luce (Italian troops in a Tunisian city).
“Fase di Resistenza”
Surveys the German front-shortening withdrawal in the Caucasus and at Voronezh, the heroic defense of Stalingrad, the valor of Italian Alpini troops on the Eastern Front, and the state of the Pacific theater.
Author: Amedeo Tosti. Photo credits: R.G. Luce; R.D.V.; R.G. Luce-Colò.
“I Sommergibili nel Mediterraneo”
Examines the submarine war in the Mediterranean, comparing British anti-submarine efficiency with the difficulties faced by Italian submariners, and the diminished scope for British submarine action against Italian shipping.
Author: Giuseppe Caputi. Photo credit: R.G. Luce.
“Aerotrasporti dell’ARMIR”
Describes the vital air-transport service supporting the Italian Army in Russia (ARMIR), covering supply routes, logistics, and episodes of pilot heroism under combat conditions.
Author: Vincenzo Lioy. Photo credits: R.G. Luce; R.G. Luce-Valvasori; Foto R. Aeronautica; R.D.V.; R.G. Luce-Croce.
Pilots named: Capitano C. (only initial given); Tenente D.P. (only initial given) — identified by initial only, not full name.
“Il Nuovo Accordo Economico Italo-Giapponese”
Reports on the new Italo-Japanese economic accord signed on 23 January by Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano and Japanese envoy Kase, aimed at coordinating resources and trade between the two Axis partners.
Author: Giovanni Tarquini. No individual photo-credit line given for this article’s images.
“Documenti e Bollettini della Nostra Guerra”
Reproduces official Armed Forces General Headquarters war bulletins (Bollettino N. 973–979) covering combat in Tripolitania, Tunisia, and air/naval actions from 23–29 January 1943.
No individual author credited for the section.
Pilot named: Tenente pilota Battista Mura (credited with sinking an enemy steamship via aerial torpedo).
“Calendario degli Avvenimenti”
A day-by-day calendar of political, diplomatic, and military events from 23 to 29 January 1943, including the Casablanca conference and fighting in the Caucasus, Kuban, and Tunisia.
No individual author credited.
Artists Mentioned
None credited in this issue.
War Correspondents (Kriegsberichter) Named
- G. Luce
- D.V.
- G. Luce-Colò
- G. Luce-Valvasori
- G. Luce-Croce
- Foto R. Aeronautica