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Tag: Italy

Navy Arms’ “Reb” revolver

Buffalo Bill’s Tours of Italy and the ‘Spaghetti Western’ Inspired Replica Old West Firearms

by George Layman3/20/20242/8/2024

Rifles and revolvers made by Uberti, Pietta, Pedersoli and other Italian firms remain popular.

Buffalo Bill and others in gondola, Venice

Buffalo Bill Delighted Italian Fans by Bringing His Wild West Across the Ocean Blue at the Turn of the Century

by Lorenzo Barruscotto3/8/20242/8/2024

How A Rivalry Propelled This Irish Special Forces Trooper to the Top

by Gavin Mortimer3/17/20233/16/2023
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During WWII Italian Commandos Were Tasked to Ride Torpedoes. It Didn’t End Well.

by Larry Porges2/27/20232/27/2023
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Italy’s Compact, but Flawed, Armored Car

by Larry Porges2/6/20231/25/2023
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Why Were These WWI Soldiers Executed by Their Own Country?

by John A. Haymond1/18/20231/18/2023
Brazilian Expeditionary Force in Italy, 1944

Were the Brazilians the Most Underrated Fighting Force in WWII?

by Jerome Long11/9/202210/6/2022

Book Review: The Pope at War / The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini and Hitler

by Andrew Nagorski8/19/20224/26/2024

‘Operation Mincemeat’ Director on How a Mystery Novel and a Corpse Helped the Allies Take Italy

by Kirstin Fawcett6/8/20227/10/2023

This US Commander Got Blamed for Letting a German Army Escape — and It’s Not Fair

by James Holland6/3/20226/1/2022

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