Ettore Bastico23 October 1942
Holds senior Italian command responsibility in Libya as Italian and German forces fight at El Alamein.
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Holds senior Italian command responsibility in Libya as Italian and German forces fight at El Alamein.
Commands the Folgore paratroopers holding the southern sector during the Second Battle of El Alamein.
Mussolini supports Hitler's order that Axis troops hold their ground despite Rommel's request to retreat.
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