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This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Red Admiral" (Feb 6th 2009, 6:44pm)
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Need to change your historic records then. But I can see it as setting the record straight later on; by actually admitting they violated the Yugoslavian airspace on their history books for example.
This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Red Admiral" (Feb 6th 2009, 2:44pm)
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Orders from SIM (the Italian intelligence agency) were circulated through Croatia and Dalmatia to be on the lookout for Mexican agents suspected to be in the country. The Taurinese Alpini division have been moved into the region for extensive winter exercises and to augment the regular forces there.
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Originally posted by Vukovlad
These flights were usually carried out with impunity until in early February when the Ca 309 was shot down by a new “Uragan” interceptor with the loss of both crew men. This lead to a large diplomatic protest by Italy and a general increase in operations, the reconnaissance aircraft sometimes supported by fighters flying off MN Europa
So Italy is upset that Yugoslavia is defending its airspace?
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Originally posted by Desertfox
Interesting, that Italy is looking for Mexican agents, when there is no (known) reason for them to be there. From the Mexican POV, no more evidence is required, the Italians have convicted themselves. Especially since Mexico has not announced anything IC yet.
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Originally posted by Red Admiral
Taken from "Italy: Her Impact and Influence in the Twentieth Century" by Ammiraglio di Rosso pp.407
Relations between Italy and Yugoslavia took a turn for the worse in the early part of 1937 with a number of incidents occurring on the mountainous border between them. There were a number of Yugoslav incursions into Italian territory, probably more than were known about given the loose nature of the border. At the same time, the Italian air force flew many reconnaissance flights, usually far into Yugoslav airspace to search for any military build up. These flights were usually carried out with impunity until in early February when the Ca 309 was shot down by a new “Uragan” interceptor with the loss of both crew men. This lead to a large diplomatic protest by Italy and a general increase in operations, the reconnaissance aircraft sometimes supported by fighters flying off MN Europa. The operations came to a halt in March after more Ca 309s had been shot down. On the ground, the thinly spread Italian forces had a much worse time, with border posts coming under sporadic mortar fire. There were few casualties until a larger Yugoslav force attacked the border post at Melinovac leaving 10 dead before melting away into the forest. This caused considerable outrage in Italy and lead to a greater number of regular troops being deployed to reinforce the carabinieri units. The winter weather restricted this operation and most of the regular units returned after only a few weeks, leaving the border almost unprotected. As a result, late March and April was a period of quiet normality.
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Germany watches what's going on to it's south with great interest and some concern. First there's a problem in the Baltic (Lithuania), now one possibly starting up in the Balkans?
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