Snow, Ice and Sacrifice

Snow, Ice and Sacrifice The Italian Army in Russia, 1941-1943 Language:English Format:Hardback Dimensions:6.75" x 9.75" Pages:314 Photos:200+ b/w photos, 16 color plates, 5 maps Publisher:Helion and Company ISBN:9781915070869 Item No. 9781915070869 This volume is the first comprehensive account in the English language that addresses the genesis, organization and operations of Italian forces that fought alongside the Germans and other contingents allied with the Germans in Russia beginning with Operation Barbarossa in June 1941 until the defeat of the Italian forces there in early 1943. In accordance with his anti-Bolshevik ideology, Mussolini felt obligated to join with Germany’s attack against the Soviet Union. Italy thus formed the CSIR (Corpo di Spedizione in Russia – Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia), consisting of some 62,000 men in three divisions (two infantry and one cavalry, plus a Black Shirt legion