{"product_id":"italian-blackshirt-1935-45-pier-paolo-battistelli-9781846035050","title":"Italian Blackshirt 1935-45","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Blackshirt legions were raised under army control from 1928, and were employed in 1933 in Libya in counterinsurgency operations against the Senussi tribes; from 1935 in Italy's war against Ethiopia; and during the Spanish Civil War. Following the outbreak of World War II, the Blackshirts fought in North Africa, Greece, Croatia, on the Eastern Front and finally in Italy itself following the Allied invasion. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book documents the experiences of the Italian armed Fascist militia, the Camicie Nere (Blackshirts), from the Italian-Ethiopian war (1935-1936), through the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) to the end of World War II (1939-1945). It explores their origins, development, recruitment, training, conditions of service, uniforms and equipment, battle experience, political and ideological motivation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pier Paolo Battistelli, Piero Crociani\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1846035058\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781846035050\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Osprey Publishing (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/26\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 7.08w x 0.22d","brand":"Pier Paolo Battistelli","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44078694695167,"sku":"9781846035050","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3b29b0ca-3dce-4bfc-b5e5-9231377ce3a2.jpg?v=1685476976","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/italian-blackshirt-1935-45-pier-paolo-battistelli-9781846035050","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}