PugJesus@kbin.socialM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world · 1 year agoItalian soldiers showing American GIs their Beretta M38 submachine guns, Italy, WW2, late 1943media.kbin.socialimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1161arrow-down16cross-posted to: forgottenweapons@lemmy.world
arrow-up1155arrow-down1imageItalian soldiers showing American GIs their Beretta M38 submachine guns, Italy, WW2, late 1943media.kbin.socialPugJesus@kbin.socialM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square8fedilinkcross-posted to: forgottenweapons@lemmy.world
minus-squareLanternEverywhere@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·1 year agoWait, Italy was one of the evil countries in WW2, how are they hanging out with US soldiers?
minus-squaregrte@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·1 year agohttps://archive.nytimes.com/learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/13/oct-13-1943-italy-switches-sides-in-world-war-ii/ After Mussolini was deposed the new government in Italy declared war on Germany on Oct 13, 1943.
Wait, Italy was one of the evil countries in WW2, how are they hanging out with US soldiers?
https://archive.nytimes.com/learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/13/oct-13-1943-italy-switches-sides-in-world-war-ii/
After Mussolini was deposed the new government in Italy declared war on Germany on Oct 13, 1943.
TIL! Thanks!