Gabriele Esposito: Italian Colonial Troops 1882-1960 (Men-at-Arms) [2022] paperback Condition:New 'Every real human being should

'Every real human being should read this

In a fascinating final chapter

It was not the Balkans but the 'Rumeli' that the Ottomans ruled

In many parts of the world

Gabriele Esposito: Italian Colonial Troops 1882-1960 (Men-at-Arms) [2022] paperback Condition:New 'Every real human being shouldA complete illustrated study of the varied range of Italian colonial units who served in East and North Africa. Italy only unified as a nation in 1870 and was late, and therefore impatient, in the 'scramble' for Africa. An initial foothold in Eritrea Somalia, north east Africa, led to a disastrous defeat in Ethiopia in 1896 at the Battle of Adwa, but Italian Somaliland was later consolidated on the west coast of the Red Sea. During 1911, Italy also