The Blackshirt legions were raised under army control from 1928, and were employed in 1933 in Libya in counterinsurgency operations against the Senussi tribes; from 1935 in Italy\'s war against Ethiopia; and during the Spanish Civil War.
The author lives in Italy..
Amongst his published words are The Albanians in the Italian Armed Forces (Rome, 2001)
The Neapolitan Army 1806-15 (Milan, 1987) and, together with Virgilio Ilari and Giancarlo Boeri, A Military History of Murat\'s Kingdom (1806-15) (Milan, 2007).
Piero Crociani acts as a consultant for the Italian Army Historical Branch and is the author of several articles, essays and books on Italian military history.
A contributor to the Italian Army Historical Office, he is currently revising his Ph D thesis for publication: The War of the Axis: German and Italian Military Partnership in World War Two, 1939-1943.
A scholar of German and Italian politics and strategy throughout World War II, he is active in Italy and abroad writing titles and essays on military history subjects.
About the Author: Pier Paolo Battistelli earned his Ph D in military history at the University of Padua.
It explores their origins, development, recruitment, training, conditions of service, uniforms and equipment, battle experience, political and ideological motivation.
This book documents the experiences of the Italian armed Fascist militia, the Camicie Nere (Blackshirts), from the Italian-Ethiopian war (1935-1936), through the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) to the end of World War II (1939-1945).
Following the outbreak of World War II, the Blackshirts fought in North Africa, Greece, Croatia, on the Eastern Front and finally in Italy itself following the Allied invasion.
The Blackshirt legions were raised under army control from 1928, and were employed in 1933 in Libya in counterinsurgency operations against the Senussi tribes; from 1935 in Italy\'s war against Ethiopia; and during the Spanish Civil War
