Description
Cronache della Guerra – Number 13, 27 March 1943
Scanned pages: 16 | Instant PDF download
Historical Italian wartime magazine (Rome, Anno V), digitized.
Cover
An Italian artillery crew loading a field gun during battle; caption “Fronte tunisino: durante la battaglia.” No war correspondent credited on the cover.
Main Articles
“Un Nuovo Insuccesso di Eden”
Analyzes the failure of British Foreign Secretary Eden’s trip to Washington and Anglo-American disagreements over the postwar division of Europe.
No author credited; photo credited to R.G. Luce.
“L’Iniziativa delle Operazioni è Sempre del Tripartito”
A survey of the military situation: the decline of the Soviet offensive and German counteroffensive successes around Kursk, Orel, Staraja Russa and Novgorod, plus North Africa, Burma and the Pacific.
Author: ATOS (byline). Photo credits: R.D.V.
“Evoluzione della Tecnica Aerea: Nuovi Aerei per Nuovi Usi”
A technical discussion of new bomber and fighter-bomber aircraft developments, including the Heinkel 177, Messerschmitt 210/410, Spitfire, Typhoon and Mitchell B-25.
Author: VICE (byline). Photo credits: R.D.V., R.G. Luce.
“Imprese del Generale Inverno”
A historical account of “General Winter” as a military factor, from Xenophon and Charles XII to Napoleon’s 1812 Russian campaign and the current Eastern Front.
Author: Detector (byline). Photo credits: R.D.V.
“La Marina Mercantile Giapponese e la Guerra”
Describes Japan’s state-controlled merchant marine system and its vital role in wartime maritime transport.
Author: Giovanni Tarquini. No photo credits given.
“Documenti e Bollettini della Nostra Guerra”
A compilation of official Armed Forces High Command war bulletins (Nos. 1021–1028) covering 12–19 March 1943.
No author credited (official communiqués); photo credits: R.G. Luce, R.D.V.
Pilots named: Tenente Veroni Orlando (Milano); Tenente Bocca Roberto (Montecario); Tenente Abbate Armando (Tripoli); Sottotenente Catalano Ernesto (Grosseto); Sottotenente Corradini Dalmazio (Napoli); Sergente Maggiore Runzoli Giovanni (Desenzano); Sergente Maggiore Olgiate Olona; Sergente Haeffly Walter (Torino); Sergente Fabrizi Fabrizio (Nemi); Sergente Cappelletti Osvaldo (Borello); Sergente Bonacini Walter (Modena) — all cited as distinguished torpedo-bomber (aerosiluranti) pilots.
“Calendario degli Avvenimenti”
A day-by-day calendar of political, diplomatic, and military events from 12 to 19 March 1943.
No author credited; no photo credits given.
War Correspondents (Kriegsberichter) Named
- G. Luce
- D.V.