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The Violent End of Mussolini – Operation Oak, Part Two

6th September 2023 Blown Periphery 2491 Comments

The gliders wallowed behind their Heinkel 111 tug aircraft in the thin, turbulent air above the  mountains.  The lead aircraft sighted the long mountain ridge and the Gran Sasso Mountain behind it,  gave the order [more…]

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The Fall of Mussolini – Operation Oak, Part One

30th August 2023 Blown Periphery 2495 Comments

In the summer of 1943, the terrible reality of total war was the closest wolf to the Italian  population’s sledge.  Mussolini’s grandiose plans for a new Roman Empire that would stretch across  Southern Europe and [more…]

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