PugJesus@kbin.socialM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world · 9 months agoItalian soldiers showing American GIs their Beretta M38 submachine guns, Italy, WW2, late 1943media.kbin.socialimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1160arrow-down16cross-posted to: forgottenweapons@lemmy.world
arrow-up1154arrow-down1imageItalian soldiers showing American GIs their Beretta M38 submachine guns, Italy, WW2, late 1943media.kbin.socialPugJesus@kbin.socialM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square8fedilinkcross-posted to: forgottenweapons@lemmy.world
minus-squareLanternEverywhere@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·9 months agoWait, Italy was one of the evil countries in WW2, how are they hanging out with US soldiers?
minus-squaregrte@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·9 months 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!