Description
Cronache della Guerra – Numero 26, 26 giugno 1943
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Historical Italian wartime magazine (Cronache della Guerra), digitized.
Cover
A sailor stands watch beside a large deck gun turret aboard a warship overlooking the sea; caption “Buona Guardia” (“Good Watch”). No war correspondent credited on the cover.
Main Articles
“Mosca Mira All’Adriatico”
Analyzes Soviet ambitions toward the Adriatic and Balkans, Litvinov’s statements, Church-Mihailovitch tensions, and Soviet propaganda efforts in the Islamic world and Iran/Middle East.
Photo credit: R.G. Luce.
“La Nuova Utopia”
A commentary (in the “Fronti Interni” section) critiquing American postwar internationalist ideals as described by The Reader’s Digest, contrasted with wartime realities.
Author: Renato Caniglia. Photo credit: R.G. Luce.
“Sosta in Tutti gli Scacchieri”
A roundup of military fronts after the fall of Pantelleria and Lampedusa, covering losses inflicted on Allied forces, the Eastern Front stalemate, and Pacific naval actions near Guadalcanal.
Author: Atos (signed “ATOS”). Photo credits: R.G. Luce, R.G. Luce-Pavanello, R.D.V.
“Il Canale di Sicilia in Rapporto ai Problemi Mondiali”
Examines the strategic importance of the Sicilian Channel and Mediterranean after the Allied occupation of Pantelleria and the Pelagie Islands.
Author: Giuseppe Caputi. Photo credits: R.G. Luce, R.D.V.
“Nei Cieli dell’Est”
Describes Luftwaffe bombing raids against Soviet industrial centers Gorki and Jaroslav and railway supply lines feeding the Eastern Front.
Author: Vincenzo Lioy. Photo credits: Foto R. Aeronautica, Foto Luce, R.D.V.
“Strumenti per il Volo”
A technical explainer on aircraft flight instruments (fuel/oil gauges, tachometers, thermometers, altimeters, variometers) grouped by function.
Author: Detector. Photo credit: R.G. Luce.
“Navi da Guerra Nemiche Affondate o Danneggiate dai Giapponesi dall’Inizio delle Ostilità ad Oggi”
An infographic/statistical feature tallying enemy warships sunk or damaged by Japan since the war began, illustrated with paintings of the Pearl Harbor attack.
Illustrations by painter Takeshi Matusoa (Pearl Harbor reconstructions). No author byline given.
“Documenti e Bollettini della Nostra Guerra”
Reproduces official Italian Armed Forces war bulletins (Nos. 1112–1118, 11–17 June 1943) covering the defense of Pantelleria and Lampedusa, Mediterranean naval and air actions, and Allied bombing raids on Sicily.
No individual author/correspondent credited; official communiqués. Photo credit: R.G. Luce.
Pilots/servicemen named: Tenente di Vascello Luigi Andreotti (submarine commander); Tenente Bertuzzi Irnerio (Rimini); Sergente Coppola Giuseppe (Trentola, Napoli); Sottotenente Girardi Alessandro (Treviso); Sergente maggiore Rumpianesi Giuseppe (Bologna).
“Calendario degli Avvenimenti”
A day-by-day calendar (11–17 June 1943) summarizing military and political/diplomatic events on all fronts, including the fall of Pantelleria and Lampedusa.
Photo credits: R.D.V.
Artists Mentioned
- Takeshi Matusoa — paintings reconstructing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, illustrating the article on Japanese naval successes.
War Correspondents (Kriegsberichter) Named
This is an Italian publication; no correspondents are credited using the German term “Kriegsberichter.” Photographic credits given throughout the issue are attributed to agency initials rather than named individual correspondents: R.G. Luce, R.G. Luce-Pavanello, R.D.V. (Foto R.D.V.), and Foto R. Aeronautica. No named war correspondents (in the Kriegsberichter sense) appear in this issue.