
S E3: RTH003 - Dr. Wanda Vilcox About the Italian Empire and the First World War
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Do the Italians Have Any Effective Colonial Troops?
Once the war gets going, all the powers engage their empires to the extent that they can. What about italy? Did they have any sort of effective colonial troops, eretrians or somales who were serving in a military capacity? That's not something that very often comes up, yet this is a great question. So by the time the first ford war breaks out, there is quite extensive east african troops er. And they serve in all the different arms of the military. I mostly as infantry, but they 're also very prized for their light cavalry. To get these kind of irregular cavalry units a both im east africa and olivia with an all white officer
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