NOTES ON ENEMY ARMY IDENTIFICATIONS ITALY October 1941

NOTES ON ENEMY ARMY IDENTIFICATIONS ITALY October 1941\nA \u201Chow to recognise your enemy\u201D handbook, published shortly after the combined German and Italian offensive throughout the entire Mediterranean area during the spring and summer of 1941. In the Balkans, the Italian army conquered coastal Yugoslavia and,together with the Germans, finally defeated the Greek Army. Later the combined German and Italian force offensives and counteroffensives culminated with the Axis victory of Gazala and Tobruk. By 1942, the Germans and Italians were driving towards Alexandria in Egypt.\nThis period handbook was published to give British military personnel a better understanding of the principal characteristics of both the Italian army and the Black Shirt Militia under active service conditions,it is dated October 1941.It begins with a description of distinctive branches, or specialities, the most characteristic of which was the arm of the Royal Carabinieri, a semi-military body occupying, .