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Cronache della Guerra – Numero 27, 3 luglio 1943

Scanned pages: 16 | Instant PDF download

Italian wartime illustrated magazine (Tumminelli Editore, Roma), digitized.

Cover

Anti-aircraft guns firing into the night sky, illuminated by their own muzzle flashes and smoke. Caption: “Contraerei nella notte.” No war correspondent credited on the cover.

Main Articles

“Corollari della Carta Atlantica”

Criticizes British commentary calling for Italy’s disarmament and demilitarization after the war, and surveys developments regarding the Atlantic Charter, the Archbishop of York, the Comintern’s dissolution, and unrest in India.

No individual author byline given (unsigned editorial piece). Photo credit: R.G. Luce (Italian officers visiting the Atlantic Wall).

“Inghilterra Infeconda” (Fronti Interni)

Examines the crisis in British agriculture, arguing that decades of neglect and land held for hunting estates have left Britain unable to feed itself, a vulnerability sharpened by the war.

Author: Renato Caniglia. Photo credit: R.D.V. (a typical Atlantic Wall fortification).

“Mentre Perdura la Fase di Attesa”

Surveys the stagnant fighting across theaters — the air and naval struggle against Anglo-American shipping in the Mediterranean, the static Eastern Front, and renewed fighting in New Guinea.

Author: Atos. Photo credits: R.D.V.; R.G. Luce.

“Riflessioni e Ipotesi sui Progetti Anglo-Sassoni”

Speculates on where the Allies might strike next — Western Europe, Italy, or the eastern Mediterranean — weighing geography, logistics, and the strategic value of Sicily and Sardinia.

Author: Giuseppe Caputi. Photo credit: Foto R.G. Luce.

“La Guerra e l’Arte: Visioni del Volo”

Reviews an exhibition of aeronautical war art held in Rome at the Galleria della Confederazione Fascista Professionisti e Artisti, discussing how aviation has reshaped painters’ and sculptors’ visual perspective.

Author: I. Scelbi. No war-correspondent photo credits (the illustrations are reproductions of exhibited artworks).

“Mediterraneo Conteso”

Reports on intensifying Axis air-torpedo operations against Allied shipping off North Africa, and condemns British bombing of symbolic Italian sites, including Garibaldi’s tomb at Caprera.

Author: Vincenzo Lioy. Photo credits: R.G. Luce; R. Aeronautica.

“Documenti e Bollettini della Nostra Guerra”

Reproduces official Armed Forces General Headquarters war bulletins (Bollettino N. 1119–1125) covering air raids and combat over Sicily, Sardinia, and southern Italy from 18–23 June 1943.

No individual author credited for the section. Photo credit: R.D.V. (customs officials weighing sacks of grain in Crete).

Pilots named: Tenente Veroni Orlando (Milano); Sergente Maggiore Cozzi Carlo (Olbiate Olona, Varese); Tenente Malagoli Ruggero (Milano); Sergente Spina Vincenzo (Milano); Tenente Durante Raffaele (Campobasso); Tenente Malfitani Mario (La Spezia); Maresciallo Morselli Luigi (Villa Poma, Napoli); Capitano Bruno Pannoncini (Magliano Toscano, Grosseto); Sottotenente Domenico Vollaro Delieto (Catania); Maresciallo Urbano Gentilini (Porretta Terme, Bologna); Maresciallo Clemente Musatti (Roccapietra, Vercelli); Sergente Fabrizio Fabri (Nemi, Roma); Sergente Emilio Dotoli (Foggia); Tenente Fragola Giuseppe (Torino); Sergente Tassinari Quirino (Bergamo); Maresciallo Manolo Angelo (Trasaghis, Udine); Radames (Perugia); Tenente Bonaiuto Luigi (Sarno, Salerno); Sergente Sguer Bruno (Trieste).

“Calendario degli Avvenimenti”

A day-by-day calendar of political, diplomatic, and military events from 18 to 24 June 1943, including news of Field Marshal Wavell’s appointment as Viceroy of India and fighting in the Kuban and Mediterranean.

No individual author credited. Photo credit: R.D.V. (Atlantic Wall construction).

Artists Mentioned

• G. Ambrosi — painting “Uomini e macchine di guerra” (“Men and War Machines”).
• Tullio Crali — paintings “Luci di guerra sul Mediterraneo” (“War Lights over the Mediterranean”) and “Intercettando idrosiluranti nemici” (“Intercepting Enemy Torpedo-Bombers”).
• Verossi — painting “Profughi nell’S.81” (“Refugees aboard the S.81”).
• Cobolli Gigli — gold-medal-winning stylized medal design of the Duke of Aosta.
• De Marchis (sculptor) — bronze bust/medal of the Duke of Aosta.
• Fernando Troso (sculptor) — relief “Rapsodia dell’aviazione guerriera” and the painting “Azione di paracadutisti” (“Paratrooper Action”).
• Antonio Barrera — painting “Pioggia sull’aeroporto” (“Rain over the Airfield”).
• Trombadori — painting “Partenza su allarme” (“Scramble on Alert”).
• Anselmo Bucci — painter (exhibited work, no title given).
• Michele Cascella — painting “L’S.55 di Balbo” (Italo Balbo’s flying boat).
• Tommaso Cascella — painting “Idrovolanti allo scalo” (“Seaplanes at the Terminal”).
• Enrico Castello (colonnello pilota) — painting “Ritratto del Duca d’Aosta” (“Portrait of the Duke of Aosta”).

War Correspondents (Kriegsberichter) Named

• G. Luce
• D.V.
• Aeronautica