Description
Cronache della Guerra – Numero 28, 10 luglio 1943
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Historical Italian wartime magazine (Cronache della Guerra), digitized.
Cover
A soldier firing a belt-fed machine gun; caption “Mitragliatrici contro i Partigiani in Balcania” (“Machine guns against the partisans in the Balkans”). No war correspondent credited on the cover.
Main Articles
“Una Confessione di Churchill”
Analyzes a recent Churchill speech at the Guildhall, arguing it reveals Britain’s own responsibility for the war, alongside discussion of Poland, the Atlantic Charter, Stalin-Sikorski tensions, and the fall of Martinique and Morocco.
Photo credit: R.G. Luce.
“Musica in Piazza”
A “Fronti Interni” commentary criticizing American and British public discourse about postwar security and the bombing of Germany.
Author: Renato Caniglia. Photo credit: R.D.V.
“Verso la Fine della Stasi Operativa”
Surveys the general military situation, Mediterranean naval/air losses, expectations of an Allied landing in Europe, and sporadic fighting on the Soviet and Asian fronts.
Author: Atos. Photo credit: Foto R.D.V.
“Teoria ed Evoluzione della Campagna Sottomarina”
A theoretical analysis of submarine warfare, covering tonnage loss/replacement rates and the evolving tactics of anti-submarine defense.
Author: Giuseppe Caputi. Photo credits: R.G. Luce, R.D.V.
“Il Passivo dell’Offensiva Aerea”
Assesses Allied bomber loss rates over Germany and the Mediterranean, citing figures from a British communiqué and American General Davenport Johnson on sustainable loss percentages.
Author: Vincenzo Lioy. Photo credits: Foto R. Aeronautica, R.G. Luce, R.D.V.
“Il Carro Armato ‘Tigre'” (Induzioni e Deduzioni sulle Nuove Armi dell’Asse)
Speculative technical assessment of the German Tiger tank’s specifications, armor, weaponry, and combat debut near Kharkov, drawing on reporting from the German magazine Die Wehrmacht.
Author: Mario Conti. Photo credit: Foto R.D.V.
“Documenti e Bollettini della Nostra Guerra”
Reproduces official Italian Armed Forces war bulletins (Nos. 1126–1132, 25 June – 1 July 1943) covering air and naval actions over Sardinia, Sicily, Messina, Biserta, and Allied bombing raids on Italian cities.
No individual author/correspondent credited; official communiqués. Photo credit: R.D.V.
Pilots named: Tenente colonnello Unia Carlo (Bologna); Capitano Magagnoli Dante (Bologna); Tenente Balzarotti Giuseppe (Milano); Maresciallo Luppi Olivo (Mantova); Sergente Freschi Guido (Campi Bisenzio, Firenze).
“Calendario degli Avvenimenti”
A day-by-day calendar (25 June – 1 July 1943) summarizing military events on the Eastern, Mediterranean, and other fronts.
Photo credit: R.D.V.
Artists Mentioned
- None credited in this issue.
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.D.V. (Foto R.D.V.), and Foto R. Aeronautica. No named war correspondents (in the Kriegsberichter sense) appear in this issue.