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[Ovidio]

We had very modern ships, but no radar.
Very good fighter planes, but just a few and with very light armament, because we had to keep the brass and so carried less machine guns with half the ammo. Most fighter planes were biplanes...
Good soldiers, but mainly badly led, badly armed and with no clear idea what they were doing or fighting for.
Almost no armour and little modern artillery.
Also Rommel said that the Italian allies fought well and were to be admired considering the conditions and armaments they were dealing with.
I have been honored to know a few of these great veterans, and to listen to what they went through.
I must admit I don’t know if I would have accepted such conditions, though they certainly had no saying in the war and so would I have had...