Italian Air Force in World War II (second part).

Italy is one of the nations that can boast some of the oldest traditions in the field of aviation. As far back as 1884, in fact, the Italian Royal Army (Regio Esercito) was authorised to equip itself with its own air component, the Air Force Service (Servizio Aeronautico), based in Rome.

In 1911, during the Italo-Turkish War, Italy employed aircraft for the first time ever in the world for reconnaissance and bombing missions.

On 28 March 1923, the Italian air force was founded as an independent service arm by King Vittorio Emanuele III of the Kingdom of Italy (Regno d'Italia). This air force was known as the Regia Aeronautica (Royal Air Force).

During the 1930s, the Regia Aeronautica was involved in its first military operations, initially in Ethiopia in 1935, and later in the Spanish Civil War between 1936 and 1939. After a period of neutrality, Italy entered World War II on 10 June 1940 alongside Germany. The Regia Aeronautica could deploy more than 3,000 aircraft. The Regia Aeronautica fought from the icy steppes of Russia to the sand of the North African desert. After the armistice of 8 September 1943, Italy was divided into two sides, and the same fate befell the Regia Aeronautica. The end of the hostilities, on 8 May 1945, opened the gates to the rebirth of military aviation in Italy.


La Regia Aeronautica nella seconda guerra mondiale. Italienische Luftwaffe im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Aviation militaire italienne dans la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Fuerza Aérea Italiana en la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Força Aérea italiana na Segunda Guerra Mundial. Итальянский военно-воздушных сил во Второй мировой войне. 意大利空军部队在战争世界第二 世界のイタリア空軍第2次大戦 חיל האוויר האיטלקי במלחמת העולם השנייה

I.M.A.M. Ro.37
I.M.A.M. Ro.37bis
I.M.A.M. Ro.41
I.M.A.M. Ro.43
I.M.A.M. Ro.57
Macchi C.200
Macchi C.202
Macchi C.205
Fiat G.212
Reggiane Re.2000
Reggiane Re.2001
Reggiane Re.2002
Reggiane Re.2005
Reggiane Re.2006
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• 08.01.2010

[Aussiephil99]

Italian tanks had one forward gear and five reverse

[silvan500]

@Aussiephil99 So why Australian soldiers captured it for their use,

when the Italians in retreat left them in the desert???

[ondasuondaable]

@Aussiephil99 You are the stupid who after 65 years still believe in british propaganda.Inform yourself better.Italians soldier was famous for being one of the bravest,see what churchill thought of the italian soldiers.Unfortunately we had also the worst equipment (tanks,guns from the ww1 and before)..we have the greatest history..we are the sons of the romans..you are meaningless

[ondasuondaable]

@Aussiephil99 wanna talk abut 85.000 british soldiers who surrended to 10.000 japs in singapore in 1942?

[FGalaxie]

@Pitcairn2 They did when they got their good planes.

had some aces.

[FGalaxie]

@Aussiephil99 Aussie soldiers are just canoon fodder for the poms and yanks in every war.

Rule briatania .... bend over bogans

[FGalaxie]

@Aussiephil99 Tell that to the Decima Mas frogmen, or the Folgore in North Africa, praised by Rommel, or the Alpini on the Russian front, praised by Stalin.

[FGalaxie]

@Aussiephil99 If there one thinh Australia is famous for its for being CANNON FODDER. Getting killed in wars half way around the world that dont concern them.

Why dont you read about when the Italian were praised by Rommel, Churchil and Stalin..

The folgore and bersaglieri

[FGalaxie]

@lizard151103 They lost one battle decades before.

Later Ethiopia was added to the new empire.

[FGalaxie]

@lizard151103 You pathetic fuck

The Ethiopians broke the conventions of war first by using expanding or dum dum bullets.

And the gas Italy used was in small quantities and they had no method of controlling it.

[FGalaxie]

@Aussiephil99 Australian soldiers only have one gear - cannon fodder gear.

Always used as cannon fodder by the Poms or Yanks in ever war

[lizard151103]

@ondasuondaable not the first one though, the second time , yes, only after using biochemical weapons on the primative people of ethiopia which shamelessly violation the Geneva Convention, what a jock the Italian army is!

[ondasuondaable]

@lizard151103 italy won that war and made ethiopia part of its empire..google it

[lizard151103]

@ondasuondaable bullshit, Italians lost to ethiopian natives, nuff said...