Pier Paolo Battistelli earned his Ph D in Military History at the University of Padua. A scholar of German and Italian politics and strategy throughout the Second World War, he is active in Italy and abroad writing titles and essays on military history subjects.
49 Ebooks by Pier Paolo Battistelli
Pier Paolo Battistelli: Battle Story: El Alamein 1942
The Second Battle of El Alamein marked a major turning point in the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. El Alamein saw two of the greatest generals of the war pitted against each other: …
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Pier Paolo Battistelli: Battle Story: Tobruk 1941
The siege of Tobruk lasted 240 days during which the ‘gallant garrison’ of Allied soldiers, including the famous ‘Desert Rats’ held out against constant attacks from Rommel’s Afrika Korps. The battle …
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Pier Paolo Battistelli: El Alamein 1942
The Second Battle of El Alamein was one of the most decisive Allied victories of the Second World War.
The Second Battle of El Alamein marked a major turning point in the Western Desert Campaign …
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Battle Stories — The WWII 3-Book Bundle
Three battles that changed the course of WWII and echo through world history to the present day. Three renowned experts each take up one of these crucial engagements.
Iwo Jima 1945
Operation …
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Pier Paolo Battistelli: El Alamein 1942
The Second Battle of El Alamein was one of the most decisive Allied victories of the Second World War.The Second Battle of El Alamein marked a major turning point in the Western Desert Campaign of …
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€22.32
Pier Paolo Battistelli: Panzer Divisions
ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN E-BOOK. On 22 June 1941 Germany attacked the Soviet Union and her Panzer divisions were to play a major role in this titanic struggle. Although overwhelmed by Soviet numbers, the …
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Pier Paolo Battistelli: Panzer Divisions
At the outbreak of World War II in September 1939, Germany”s armoured forces the Panzerwaffe were still in their infancy. The restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles meant that German tank …
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€16.96
Pier Paolo Battistelli & Piero Crociani: World War II Partisan Warfare in Italy
When Italy surrendered in 1943, it sparked a resistance movement of anti-German, anti-fascist partisans. This book explores the tactics, organizational structure and equipment of the brave Italian …
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€15.01
Pier Paolo Battistelli & Filippo Cappellano: Italian Armoured & Reconnaissance Cars 1911–45
The first Italian armoured cars were used in the war in Libya in 1911-12 against the Ottoman Empire. With few tanks being developed, the Italians relied instead on the development of more mobile …
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€12.02
Cappellano Filippo Cappellano & Battistelli Pier Paolo Battistelli: Italian Medium Tanks
Several factors delayed and greatly hampered the development of an Italian medium tank during World War II. The first was the strategic stance of the country, focussed on a war against neighbouring …
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€11.94
Pier Paolo Battistelli & Filippo Cappellano: Italian Light Tanks
The Italian army, unlike those of the British and French, did not use tanks in combat during World War I and, by November 1918, only one training unit equipped with French Schneider and Renault tanks …
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€12.98
Pier Paolo Battistelli: Erwin Rommel
Nicknamed ”The Desert Fox” for his cunning command of the Afrika Korps, Erwin Rommel remains one of the most popular and studied of Germany”s World War II commanders. He got his first taste of …
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€15.15
Pier Paolo Battistelli: Albert Kesselring
Although he is mostly remembered for his part in the campaign in Italy from 1943 to 1945, Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring was also chief of staff of the Luftwaffe in 1936–37, playing a crucial …
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€14.97
Pier Paolo Battistelli: Italian Army Elite Units & Special Forces 1940–43
Italian military historian Pier Paolo Battistelli examines the elite and specialforces units of the Italian Army during World War II. This includes a vast array of troop types, including …
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€14.96
Pier Paolo Battistelli: Rommel”s Afrika Korps
In 1940 a British offensive in the Western Desert provoked a major Italian military disaster. By early February 1941 the whole of Cyrenaica had been lost, and German help became necessary to avoid …
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€17.02
Pier Paolo Battistelli & Piero Crociani: Italian Blackshirt 1935–45
This book documents the experiences of the Italian armed Fascist militia, the Camicie Nere (Blackshirts), from the Italian–Ethiopian war of 1935–36, through the Spanish Civil War to the end of World …
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€15.02
Pier Paolo Battistelli & Andrew Sangster: Myths, Amnesia and Reality in Military Conflicts, 1935-1945
Stalin fabricated the myth that the Germans carried out the Katyn massacre and the West accepted it while always suspecting the reality. In the same way, each country tried to forget the more painful …
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€105.19
Pier Paolo Battistelli & Piero Crociani: Italian Navy & Air Force Elite Units & Special Forces 1940–45
This volume assesses the formidable Special Forces fielded by Italy”s navy and air force in World War II. Italian Navy Special Forces were particularly active and respected in the Mediterranean, …
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€15.01
Pier Paolo Battistelli: Afrikakorps Soldier 1941–43
This book explores the experiences of the German Afrikakorps soldier during the North Africa campaign, from the Korps” arrival in–theatre in February 1941 to its eventual surrender in Tunisia in May …
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€15.02
Pier Paolo Battistelli: Panzer Divisions 1944–45
This volume provides a detailed examination on the late-war changes to the German Army Panzer forces and the formation of new units, from the collapse on the Eastern Front, through operations on the …
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€16.97
Pier Paolo Battistelli: Heinz Guderian
This book gives a focused, military biography of Heinz Guderian, perhaps the most highly respected tank commander of World War II. Guderian was a typical product of the Prussian military elite; the …
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€14.97
Pier Paolo Battistelli & Piero Crociani: Italian soldier in North Africa 1941–43
Despite the attention paid to the Afrikakorps over the years, it was the numerically far superior forces of the Italian Army that held the line and formed the bulk of the fighting power available to …
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€14.97
Pier Paolo Battistelli: Mari Comandanți – 01 – Erwin Rommel
Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel, legendara „Vulpe a Deșertului“, se numără printre cei mai renumiți generali din al Doilea Război Mondial. Ofițer îndrăzneț de infanterie în Primul Război Mondial, î …
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€2.81
Pier Paolo Battistelli: Mari Comandanți – 04 – Heinz Guderian
Heinz Guderian a fost unul dintre cei mai respectați comandanți de tancuri din al Doilea Război Mondial. Fiu de general, nimeni nu s-a îndoit că va călca pe urmele tatălui său. În perioada interbelic …
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€2.81
Pier Paolo Battistelli: Mari Comandanți – 06 – Albert Kesselring
Cariera feldmareșalului Albert Kesselring este legată indestructibil de campania din Italia din 1943–1945. Pentru unii, a fost un militar deosebit, care a luptat cu vitejie și succes într-o campanie …
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€2.81
Pier Paolo Battistelli: The Balkans 1940–41 (1)
The first of two volumes on the Axis campaigns in the Balkans, exploring Mussolini”s fateful decision to move against Greece in October 1940. The Greek President Metaxas rejected the Italian ultimat …
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€16.02
Battistelli Pier Paolo Battistelli: Winter Campaign in Italy 1943
A gripping tale of three crucial battles fought at the end of 1943 as Allied forces approached the Gustav Line in Italy.After repulsing the German counter-attack at Salerno in September 1943, the US …
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Battistelli Pier Paolo Battistelli: Winter Campaign in Italy 1943
A gripping tale of three crucial battles fought at the end of 1943 as Allied forces approached the Gustav Line in Italy.After repulsing the German counter-attack at Salerno in September 1943, the US …
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€16.96
Cappellano Filippo Cappellano & Battistelli Pier Paolo Battistelli: Italian Medium Tanks
Several factors delayed and greatly hampered the development of an Italian medium tank during World War II. The first was the strategic stance of the country, focussed on a war against neighbouring …
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€11.98
Pier Paolo Battistelli & Piero Crociani: World War II Partisan Warfare in Italy
When Italy surrendered in 1943, it sparked a resistance movement of anti-German, anti-fascist partisans. This book explores the tactics, organizational structure and equipment of the brave Italian …
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€15.00
Pier Paolo Battistelli & Filippo Cappellano: Italian Armoured & Reconnaissance Cars 1911–45
The first Italian armoured cars were used in the war in Libya in 1911-12 against the Ottoman Empire. With few tanks being developed, the Italians relied instead on the development of more mobile …
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€11.91
Pier Paolo Battistelli: The Balkans 1940–41 (1)
The first of two volumes on the Axis campaigns in the Balkans, exploring Mussolini”s fateful decision to move against Greece in October 1940. The Greek President Metaxas rejected the Italian ultimat …
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€15.99
Pier Paolo Battistelli: The Balkans 1940–41 (2)
The Wehrmacht”s last Blitzkrieg campaign was indeed a lightning war, since German forces were required to seize both Yugoslavia and Greece before redeploying immediately to the East ready to attack …
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€15.87
Pier Paolo Battistelli: The Balkans 1940–41 (2)
The Wehrmacht”s last Blitzkrieg campaign was indeed a lightning war, since German forces were required to seize both Yugoslavia and Greece before redeploying immediately to the East ready to attack …
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€15.95
Pier Paolo Battistelli: Assault on the Gothic Line 1944
Enjoy a detailed examination of Operation Olive as US, British, Commonwealth and Allied forces seek to smash through the last German defensive line in Italy.The Italian theatre of operations …
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Pier Paolo Battistelli: Assault on the Gothic Line 1944
Enjoy a detailed examination of Operation Olive as US, British, Commonwealth and Allied forces seek to smash through the last German defensive line in Italy.The Italian theatre of operations …
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€16.94
Pier Paolo Battistelli & Piero Crociani: Italian soldier in North Africa 1941–43
Despite the attention paid to the Afrikakorps over the years, it was the numerically far superior forces of the Italian Army that held the line and formed the bulk of the fighting power available to …
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€14.99
Pier Paolo Battistelli: Erwin Rommel
Nicknamed ”The Desert Fox” for his cunning command of the Afrika Korps, Erwin Rommel remains one of the most popular and studied of Germany”s World War II commanders. He got his first taste of …
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€14.89
Pier Paolo Battistelli: Heinz Guderian
This book gives a focused, military biography of Heinz Guderian, perhaps the most highly respected tank commander of World War II. Guderian was a typical product of the Prussian military elite; the …
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DRM
€15.02
Pier Paolo Battistelli: Italian Army Elite Units & Special Forces 1940–43
Italian military historian Pier Paolo Battistelli examines the elite and specialforces units of the Italian Army during World War II. This includes a vast array of troop types, including …
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DRM
€14.98
Pier Paolo Battistelli & Filippo Cappellano: Italian Light Tanks
The Italian army, unlike those of the British and French, did not use tanks in combat during World War I and, by November 1918, only one training unit equipped with French Schneider and Renault tanks …
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DRM
€12.89
Pier Paolo Battistelli & Piero Crociani: Italian Navy & Air Force Elite Units & Special Forces 1940–45
This volume assesses the formidable Special Forces fielded by Italy”s navy and air force in World War II. Italian Navy Special Forces were particularly active and respected in the Mediterranean, …
PDF
DRM
€14.97
Pier Paolo Battistelli: Rommel”s Afrika Korps
In 1940 a British offensive in the Western Desert provoked a major Italian military disaster. By early February 1941 the whole of Cyrenaica had been lost, and German help became necessary to avoid …
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DRM
€17.02
Pier Paolo Battistelli: Panzer Divisions
At the outbreak of World War II in September 1939, Germany”s armoured forces the Panzerwaffe were still in their infancy. The restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles meant that German tank …
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DRM
€16.96
Pier Paolo Battistelli & Piero Crociani: Italian Blackshirt 1935–45
This book documents the experiences of the Italian armed Fascist militia, the Camicie Nere (Blackshirts), from the Italian–Ethiopian war of 1935–36, through the Spanish Civil War to the end of World …
PDF
DRM
€14.97
Pier Paolo Battistelli: Panzer Divisions
On 22 June 1941 Germany attacked the Soviet Union and her Panzer divisions were to play a major role in this titanic struggle. Although overwhelmed by Soviet numbers, the superior skill and …
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DRM
€16.86
Pier Paolo Battistelli: Panzer Divisions 1944–45
This volume provides a detailed examination on the late-war changes to the German Army Panzer forces and the formation of new units, from the collapse on the Eastern Front, through operations on the …
PDF
DRM
€16.96
Pier Paolo Battistelli: Afrikakorps Soldier 1941–43
This book explores the experiences of the German Afrikakorps soldier during the North Africa campaign, from the Korps” arrival in–theatre in February 1941 to its eventual surrender in Tunisia in May …
PDF
DRM
€14.99
Pier Paolo Battistelli: Albert Kesselring
Although he is mostly remembered for his part in the campaign in Italy from 1943 to 1945, Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring was also chief of staff of the Luftwaffe in 1936–37, playing a crucial …
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€15.15
