Often derided by their enemies and patronised by their major ally, the armed forces of Italy during the second world war have not been given the subsequent level of historical attention they deserve.

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Virtually unknown outside Italy, the C.202 Folgore was the best fighter airplane fielded in significant numbers by the ...

FIAT Aeritalia Fighters by Luigino Caliaro offers an authoritative, richly illustrated history of the CR.32, CR.42 Falco, ...

In the short time between the first flight of the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk in 1903 and the Battle of Britain that started in July of 1940, the airplane had evolved from a rickety DIY creation to ...