Word: littorio
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...battleship of the new Littorio class (35,000 tons, 34 knots) down at the bows and heeled over...
...with their cousins among the French and Bavarian crags. More spotty are the Arditi divisions, supposed to be shock troops picked for bravery from the general run of infantry. Of 1,500,000 soldiers Italy had under arms last week, about 700,000 were believed to be on the "Littorio Line" from the Riviera to Switzerland, 300,000 farther east (or going up to Germany) under Crown Prince Umberto, 220,000 (black & white) in Libya, 100,000 in Italian East Africa, 100.000 in Sardinia and Sicily, 80,000 in Albania...
...quench the thirst of fighting men and machines in her desert countries and rocky islands, Italy's Navy has a unique class of water tankers. Italy's two new battleships of 35.000 tons, the Littorio and Vittorio Veneto (with two more coming up) are, until Britain's King George V class takes the sea. the world's most powerful. Italy's Navy is thus well equipped in most departments, needs only to be tested now in battle...