CHIANTI RAIDERS: The Extraordinary Story of the Italian Air Force in The Battle of Britain

Fascinating forgotten story of Italian air attacks onm Britain in World War Two.

Germany’s air attacks on Britain in the Blitz and the Battle of Britain are recorded in countless books, yet the Italian contribution to the air war over England is almost totally forgotten. This book fills that gap wioth its story of how Mussolini’s antiquated CR 42 biplanes came to attack the coasts of Essex and Suffolk in the autumn of 1940. The Italians are often derided for their alleged lack of martial vigour in the Second World War, but Italian aviators, as this book poroives, were as courageous as any other, and if there are elements of farce about their war, that was more often the fault of their machines and their Fascist leadership than the men themselves. A fascinating contribution to a little-known aspect of the war.

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Product Code:	10481
Author:	Peter Haining
Format:	221pp, b/w photographs, hb. Published Price £16.99
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