Glantz 1986; Glantz 1989, pp. Hart, Hart & Hughes 2000, p. Hsu & Chang 1971, pp. The weeks after the fall of Rome saw a dramatic upswing in German atrocities in Italy (Mazower 2008, pp. Read & Fisher 2002, p. 500-502). The period featured massacres with victims in the hundreds at Civitella (de Grazia & Paggi 1991; Belco 2010), Fosse Ardeatine (Portelli 2003), and Sant’Anna di Stazzema (Gordon 2012, pp. Holland 2008, pp. 169-184; Beevor 2012, pp. 10-11), and is capped with the Marzabotto massacre. Dear & Foot 2001, p. Forrest, Evans & Gibbons 2012, p.

An Axis offensive in Libya forced an Allied retreat deep inside Egypt until Axis forces were stopped at El Alamein. This attack was followed up shortly after by Anglo-American landings in French North Africa, which resulted in the region joining the Allies. A few months later, the Allies commenced an attack of their own in Egypt, dislodging the Axis forces and beginning a drive west across Libya. Western Allies’ inability to launch an invasion of continental Europe without much better preparation, equipment, and operational security.

The second was the insertion of irregular forces behind Japanese frontlines in February which, by the end of April, had achieved mixed results. The Germans split Army Group South into two groups: Army Group A advanced to the lower Don River and struck south-east to the Caucasus, while Army Group B headed towards the Volga River. Despite considerable losses, in early 1942 Germany and its allies stopped a major Soviet offensive in central and southern Russia, keeping most territorial gains they had achieved during the previous year. June 1942 launched their main summer offensive against southern Russia, to seize the oil fields of the Caucasus and occupy the Kuban steppe, while maintaining positions on the northern and central areas of the front.

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When civil war broke out in Spain, Hitler and Mussolini lent military support to the Nationalist rebels, led by General Francisco Franco. More than 30,000 foreign volunteers, known as the International Brigades, also fought against the Nationalists. Italy supported the Nationalists to a greater extent than the Nazis: Mussolini sent more than 70,000 ground troops, 6,000 aviation personnel, and 720 aircraft to Spain. The Soviet Union supported the existing government of the Spanish Republic.