Folgore at El Alamein by David Pentland. (GS) SQN304 but those depicted are fitted

but those depicted are fitted with the standard 21-inch torpedo tubes and a twin

and their part in the events that followed was as significant as it was tragic

A Stug tank alongside two portraits of Aces who commanded this devastating machine - Hugo Primozic and Georg Bose

immediately responded

Here Private Alfred Henry Hook holds Zulus of the uThulwana regiment at bay whilst Private John Williams helps a patient escape

Folgore at El Alamein by David Pentland. (GS) SQN304 but those depicted are fittedDHM6182GS. Folgore at El Alamein by David Pentland. North Africa, 30th September 6th November 1942. During the final battle at El Alamein the Italian paratroopers of the 185th Folgore Parachute Division held the southern end of the Axis defence line down to the Qattara Depression. For several days they repelled constant attacks by a succession of Commonwealth units including the vaunted 7th Armoured Division, The Desert Rats. All of this ended on