Word: aosta
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...which the town was given a thorough shellacking, a few raids out of Tobruch against Axis supply lines, a seaborne raid near Bardia in which a bridge was said to have been blown up, a few tank patrols near Salum. And they minimized the decision of the Duke of Aosta, commanding Italian forces in East Africa, not to capitulate-which would mean further delay in moving forces to threatened Egypt. But the pause was poisoned for many Britons by the thought that the Germans might not stick to the coastal route, where they might be stopped relatively easily...
...Addis Ababa, the Italian commander, the Duke of Aosta, left behind a note to the British commanders, General Wavell and Lieut. General Alan Gordon Cunningham, a remarkable but pathetic document of defeat...
...Royal Highness, the Duke of Aosta, wishes to express his appreciation of the initiative taken by General Wavell and General Cunningham regarding the protection of the women and children of Addis Ababa, thereby demonstrating that strong bonds of humanity and race still exist between our nations...
...replace Badoglio was Genera Ugo Cavallero, 60, a seasoned soldier, now double-chinned and pince-nezed, whom Mussolini trusted in 1925-28 as Under Secretary of War (Benito was Minister) and builder-upper of the modern Italian Army; again in 1938-39 as Army chief (under the Duke of Aosta) in Ethiopia. General Cavallero's acceptability to the Germans is high. He has had time out from his military career to make a success of running war industries (rubber, planes, steel). Lately he has been chief liaison man with the German General Staff. His promotion and the official fanfare...
...time, the British canceled their order to pilots to bring all bombs home if the specified target could not be found. For the first time since September, the R. A. F. reminded Italy that she was vulnerable from the north by dropping big bomb loads on industrial Milan, Turin, Aosta, Verona...