Description
Cronache della Guerra – Numero 25, 19 giugno 1943
Scanned pages: 16 | Instant PDF download
Italian wartime illustrated magazine (Tumminelli Editore, Roma), digitized.
Cover
Two soldiers manning an anti-aircraft gun mount, close-up view of the mechanism and crew. Caption: “Intenti alla manovra.” No war correspondent credited on the cover.
Main Articles
“Un Infortunio a Morrison”
Disputes British minister Morrison’s claims about the start of aerial bombing of open cities, arguing the RAF, not Germany, struck first, and surveys wider war-diplomacy topics (Churchill’s speeches, the Soviet Comintern, Turkey, Argentina, and the treatment of Black residents of the Bahamas).
No individual author byline given (unsigned editorial piece). Photo credited: R.G. Luce (searchlight/anti-aircraft installation photo).
“Panamerica Antieuropa” (Fronti Interni)
Traces the history of the Monroe Doctrine and Pan-American conferences, arguing that U.S. Pan-Americanism has become an anti-European and anti-British economic policy aimed at supplanting Britain’s commercial dominance in Latin America.
Author: Renato Caniglia. Photo credited: R.G. Luce (crowd welcoming troops returning from the Russian front in Florence).
“Saldezza del Tripartito di Fronte al Nemico”
Marks the third anniversary of Italy’s entry into the war, covering the fall of Pantelleria and Lampedusa to British attacks, the failed fourth Soviet offensive in the Kuban, German fighting near Orel, and the collapse of Chungking’s forces in northern China.
Author: Atos. Photo credits: R.G. Luce (Alpine troops guarding the Roman theatre of Orange in occupied France; coastal artillery); R.D.V. (militia units building Atlantic Wall fortifications).
“Pantelleria”
A detailed strategic and geographic account of the siege of Pantelleria — its water scarcity, logistics difficulties, and the Anglo-American blockade-and-attrition strategy that ultimately forced its surrender.
Author: Giuseppe Caputi. Photo credit: R.G. Luce (MAS units off Sicily and Lampedusa).
“Il Terzo Anno di Guerra Aerea”
Reviews the third year of aerial warfare in the Mediterranean, dividing it into an Axis-offensive phase (June–October 1942) and a phase of Allied air superiority (November 1942–June 1943), covering convoy battles, Malta, and the Tunisian campaign.
Author: Vincenzo Lioy. Photo credits: R.G. Luce (aircrews, a downed British destroyer, a “Macchi C.202” pilot); R.D.V. (bombing raid photos, a DO 217 aircraft).
“La Croce Rossa”
Traces the history of the Red Cross, from Henry Dunant’s account of Solferino and Neapolitan surgeon Ferdinando Palasciano’s earlier advocacy, through the founding of the ICRC in Geneva and the 1864 Geneva Convention.
Author: I. Scelbi. Photo credit: Foto Max Kettel, Ginevra (ICRC offices and committee members).
“Documenti e Bollettini della Nostra Guerra”
Reproduces official Armed Forces General Headquarters war bulletins (Bollettini N. 1105–1111) covering early-to-mid June 1943 air raids and combat reports over Sicily, Pantelleria, and southern Italy.
No individual author; photo credit: R.G. Luce (war-production factory interiors).
“Calendario degli Avvenimenti”
A day-by-day calendar of political, diplomatic, and military events from 4 to 10 June 1943, marking the third anniversary of the Navy’s entry into the war.
No individual author credited. Photo credit: R.G. Luce (bomb-damaged churches and hospitals in Naples, Catania, and Civitavecchia).
Artists Mentioned
None credited in this issue.
War Correspondents (Kriegsberichter) Named
- G. Luce
- D.V.
- Foto Max Kettel, Ginevra