Review: 'Axis Forces in North Africa 1940-43' - Claudio Antonucci

Today, I received in the post, a used copy of  'Axis Forces in North Africa 1940-43' by Claudio Antonucci. 

It's an excellent picture book of 52 pages roughly A4 in size. It has lots of hand-drawn plates, all accredited to the author in 2005 and black and white photographs taken during the campaign; useful details are provided with the pictures. It also contains 5 pages of historical summary.

The book would be great for modellers. It provides details of uniforms and personal equipment.

The most memorable observations from this book were:

• The Italian uniforms appeared poor quality; apparently, Italian troops often appeared dischevelled.
• The Italians often wore captured British uniforms; presumably because they were better quality than their own; although, this could have been a means to display trophies.
• Some Italians wore British Commonwealth badges; again, maybe a display of trophies.
• Italians and Germans wore desert and European uniform; maybe too little desert uniform to go round. 

Quantities of Pictures

Plates     Italian        26

Plates     German     19

Photos    Italian        42 

Photos    German     58