Italy 17 August 1942 - 1 Marts 1943.
Communique From Rome.
Italy had continued its preparation for the expected allied assault. When the Assault finaly came, we where able from well prepared positions to defeat two amphibious landing in Grece. In the process we completely annihalated two US mechanised and one motorised divisions. Unfortunately the allies had time to destroy all vehicles before they surrendered. Those vehicles would had been put to good use for our own mechanised forces, now we sadly had to do without.
In the end it was all for nothing, the overwhelming might of the allied forces proved to be more than we could defeat. The allies landed and started to push the Italians reinforced by German and Spanish forces back from Greece. The air war greatly intensified, the allies had atleast 30 fighter units and 20 bombers of different types, in the air over Greece. In a series of extremely well coordinated counter attacks. German fighters aided by the Italian airforce, where able to engage the allied airforces piecemeal and decisively defeat them. They where so thoroughly defeated with huge loosses that they where not seen again for months.
A unforeseen sideeffect of this debacle, has been the price of Silk has dropped dramaticly and Italy has become the world biggest exporter of Silk underwear. Unfortunately the Cosa Nostrè has, as usual, through bribes and not very subtle threats, already taken complete control of the market. Unsubstanciated rumours, claim they plan to export it worldwide, based out of Milano. We can offcourse deny this as completely false rumours, initiated by Soviet intelligence(If such a thing exist). It has been confirmed by our loyal High Command, that no Italian forces has recovered any allied parachutes. Apparently Soviet tried to create internal dissent in Italy, they will not succeed. The Commander for our Balkan forces has resigned claiming poor health, he was last seen departing for Switzerland on a sopposedly short R&R.
Strong allied formations has also landed in France. Because of the recent decisive defeat of the allied airforce in the Balkans, our Navy bombers had clear skies. Scores of allied shipping where dispatched to the bottom of the channel, unfortunately the allied resources seems endless. They succeded in landing and has now occupied the North Western part of France.
In Romania we long held the line, against the hordes of the east. Spanish, German, hungarian, Romanian & Italian forces, which in coming years shall be known as the last alliance of the people in the west, in ferociously fighting, managed for a long time, to stall all Soviet offensives. But alas in the end, it was not enough. Many times did the horn of Budapest echoe through the mountains and valleys of Bulgaria, but only orcs kept coming. There on the hilltops of Bulgaria, it was finaly revealed for the world, that Churchill where the bearer of the ring of fire. It was given to him by the heir to Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who had foreseen his coming and realised what his mission would be. He said to him, take this ring my lord, which my father, on his deathbed passed on to me, long ago in brighter days. It will greatly aid you in your quest and will be a faithfull servant in the comming darknees i see decending on the earth.........eerrrhh sorry wrong story.
We have now, in marts 1943, been pushed far up into the Balkans and US mechanised formations has taken Venice. We will fight to the end and if those bastards are going to take our lifes, we will give them hell before we go!!!
Latest business news: Schweiss banks, reports a sudden increase of deposits on anonymous number accounts made by Italian newly richs. Rumours says, that they made their furtune on the highly lucrative silk underwear market.
Latest news from showbiss: Italian lady's of the night are overcrowding the English language courses, we have seen springing up in Italy lately. Reportedly they are especially interrested in the frase. You pretty American GI. Italy kaput...you take me to America yes, then me love you looong tiiiime.
Il duce is not happy, by recent development in the entertainment sector and has ordered that all fraternising with the enemy, is high treason. In a communique Il Duce has denounced the news from the Business reporters as: Quote "LIES LIES, All lies made up by Soviet collaborators, will they never stop spreading their vicious lies!"
Sofar no comment on the military situation.