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Old April 1st, 2008, 12:33 PM
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Default Re: Question on the Italian air force

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Originally Posted by Falcon Jun View Post
That's the sad thing about the Italian air force. They had good designers and aviators. Unfortunately for them and fortunately for the Allies, things didn't work out for the Italians.
Yes... Fuel was always a matter for Italy. During 20's and 30's, it was common to say that England "held a knife in Italy's neck", due to her dominance of the two ocean-accesses to Mare Nostrum (the Med). Italy always depended on fuel importation, and Germany was not willing to give more than small quantities to them, since it had it's own fuel problems.
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