Italian Air Stallion by Stan Stokes. SIG129 over the next three months

over the next three months under tranquil summer skies

the very first Cunarder

000 Allied deaths and five times that number of Japanese soldiers

5 inches x 12 inches (47cm x 31cm) Image size 14 inches x 7 inches (36cm x 18cm)

HMS Glorious by Ivan Berryman

Italian Air Stallion by Stan Stokes. SIG129 over the next three monthsSTK0118. Italian Air Stallion by Stan Stokes. The Italian campaign was conceived as a way to strike at Hitlers soft underbelly and obtain necessary airfields and port facilities to assist in the eventual invasion of Europe by the Allies. In July of 1943 while Allied forces were smashing resistance in Sicily, Mussolini plotted strategy with Hitler near Rimini. One week later Mussolini was arrested and King Victor Emmanuel took control of the Italian