How I Paint Things - WW2 Italian Infantry

Under Mussolini, Italy would join WWII on the Axis side on June 10th, 1940. Claiming he had ’eight million bayonets’ ready to march on his command, the reality was rather less glamorous for the common Italian soldier! READ MORE: If you’re looking to start your own Italian force for Bolt Action, check out Warlord Games for an immense range of miniatures. Click on through with the following affiliate link and if you decide to purchase anything, I pick up a small commission off the top - help out the channel at no extra cost to you, and grab some awesome miniatures! To the very gates of Stalingrad, the burning sands of North Africa and the mountainous terrain of Italy itself, the Italian soldier would meet almost all the nations of Allied forces in battle until September 1943 when Italy would finally capitulate. With the collapse of Italy as a military power, German forces would seize swathes of territory and prisoner