Description
Cronache della Guerra – Numero 23, 5 giugno 1943
Scanned pages: 16 | Instant PDF download
Italian wartime illustrated magazine (Tumminelli Editore, Roma), digitized.
Cover
View of a battleship underway at sea, seen past the gun turrets of another warship in the foreground. Caption: “Navigazione di grandi unità.” No war correspondent credited on the cover.
Main Articles
“Nuove Capitolazioni Britanniche”
Criticizes the outcome of the Washington conference between Roosevelt and Churchill, arguing Britain has again yielded to American demands, and discusses the dissolution of the Comintern and Anglican Church statements on civilian bombing.
No individual author byline given (unsigned editorial piece). Photo credits: R.G. Luce (anti-aircraft barrage fire; a burning American bomber going down with its pilot parachuting).
“Logica della Storia” (Fronti Interni)
Reflects on Soviet foreign policy since 1935, the dissolution of the Comintern, and Stalin’s diplomatic maneuvering with the Western Allies, referencing the discovery of the Katyn mass grave.
Author: Renato Caniglia. Photo credit: R.D.V. (identification items — epaulettes and money — recovered from the Katyn grave of Polish officers).
“Verso una Nuova Fase della Guerra”
Surveys the Mediterranean theater’s shift to a phase of air and submarine warfare, the fighting at the Kuban bridgehead, and the situation in the Indo-Burmese and Chinese fronts.
Author: Atos. Photo credit: R.D.V. (Atlantic coastal defenses).
“Elogio della Corazzata”
Makes the case for the continued strategic value of the battleship in modern naval warfare, discussing the roles of the German Bismarck, British and Japanese battle fleets, and the Pacific theater.
Author: Giuseppe Caputi. Photo credit: R.D.V.
“Perplessità per uno Sbarco”
Weighs the difficulties an Allied invasion of Europe would face, citing the heavy Anglo-American losses already sustained in North Africa and the strength of Axis coastal and mobile defenses.
Author: Giovanni Tarquini. Photo credit: R.D.V.
“Periscopi Cannocchiali Proiettori”
A technical explainer on optical instruments used in modern warfare — periscopes, prismatic binoculars, artillery rangefinders, and searchlights — and how they function.
Author: Detector. Photo credit: Foto R.G. Luce.
“Documenti e Bollettini della Nostra Guerra”
Reproduces official Armed Forces General Headquarters war bulletins (Bollettino N. 1091–1097) covering air and naval combat over Sicily, Sardinia, Pantelleria, and Biserta from 21–27 May 1943, including a message from the Prince of Piedmont.
No individual author credited for the section. Photo credit: R.G. Luce (bombed Reggio Calabria orphanage).
Pilots named: Capitano Cerqueni Carlo; Capitano Servido Giancarlo; Sottotenente Vella Natale; Capitano Spezzaferri Mario; Capitano Franceschini Bruno; Tenente Mariano Toscano; Tenente Bertuzzi Franco; Tenente Saciotti Adriano; Tenente Merani Adriano; Sergente Maggiore Daniele Antonio; Sergente Coppola Giovanni; Capitano Putti Carlo; Capitano Zuccon Giuseppe; Capitano Greco Pietro; Sergente Maggiore Guardati Carlo; Sergente Maggiore Marsilio Giovanni; Sergente Passerini Enrico; Sergente Pietro Sergio (formation commander, from Maderno).
“Calendario degli Avvenimenti”
A day-by-day calendar of political, diplomatic, and military events from 21 to 27 May 1943, marking the fourth anniversary of the Pact of Steel and covering fighting on the Eastern Front and in the Mediterranean.
No individual author credited. Photo credit: Foto R.G. Luce (women working in a parachute factory; a home-front seamstress; schoolchildren).
Artists Mentioned
None credited in this issue.
War Correspondents (Kriegsberichter) Named
- G. Luce
- D.V.