Libya, Summer 1942: the Italian Supreme Commander General Ugo Cavallero between the Generals, Ettore Bastico, Libya’s Governor and Axis forces commander in Libya, and Curio Barbasetti di Prun, HQ in Northern Africa’ chief of staff. The plane in background is a Savoia-Marchetti S.79 VIP version likely the plane of the same Cavallero. Notice the windos on the fuselage’s side. Victor Sierra

Generals and VIP airplane

A Black Shirt behind a trench with a German handgranande. DVX

Behind the trench

A Black Shirt writes home in the wagon taking him and the mules to the Russian front. The mules, very useful in an mountain environment, are much less in a frozen plain... Also these troops were originally intended to serve in the Caucaso. DVX