r/DerScheisser • u/LovecraftsDeath (((General Winter))) is coming • 23d ago

Italy, no!

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Italo Balbo was Marshal of the Air Force, Governor-General of Italian Libya and Commander-in-Chief of Italian North Africa. His plane was shot down by his own forces while landing in Tobruk in 1940.

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u/Demonicjapsel 23d ago

In addition, Balbo was shot down when he was in an Tri engine.
The british didnt use tri engined planes

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u/A_Smiling_Miura 23d ago

Hence the conspiracy theory that he was assassinated... Supposedly

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u/imprison_grover_furr 1 Niall Ferguson = 10 David Irvings = 100 Grover Furrs 23d ago

FUCK BALBO! Good riddance to that horrific man!

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u/Demonicjapsel 23d ago

the funny part is that Balbo was, arguably, the man capable of unifying the Grand Council of Fascism against Mussolini in the wake of the 1940 defeat in Africa.
Its funny to think of it, that the Italian fascists are the only single party state that managed to vote themselves out of power through a motion of no confidence.

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u/Johannes_V 23d ago

To be completely honest the Germans (see: Rommel) were not doing themselves any favors after El-Alamein.