The Kingdom of Italy – under the reign of Benito Mussolini and the National Fascist Party – aspired to create a modern Roman Empire through conquest and colonization in the Mediterranean and in Africa. (Imperial War Museum)ĭuring World War II, the combined militaries of the Allies and Axis powers clashed across the Mediterranean Sea in Southern Europe, part of the Middle East, and most prominently in North Africa. Over 2.5 million Indian soldiers fought with the Allied armies across the planet in World War II.
(Imperial War Museum) Soldiers from the British Indian Army standing at attention in North Africa, October 1940. (Bundesarchiv – German Federal Archives) British soldiers advancing during the Second Battle of El Alamein, October 1942. German field marshal Erwin Rommel observing the Battle of Alam el Halfa from a Sd.Kfz.
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