Abstract Raffaello Cei and Giovanni Palermo both served in the Italian military forces during the Second World War. Following battles against Allied forces in Libya, both men became prisoners of war in the Union of South Africa. While thousands more Italian captives had similar experiences to those of Cei and Palermo, this article looks at the memoirs of these two men with the aim of enriching our understanding of the Italian forces’ range of lived war experience, specifically that of battle and capture in 1941 and 1942.

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北非的战斗与俘虏：两名意大利军人的经历

摘要 Raffaello Cei 和 Giovanni Palermo 在第二次世界大战期间都曾在意大利军队服役。在利比亚与盟军作战后，两人都成为南非联盟的战俘。虽然还有数以千计的意大利俘虏与 Cei 和巴勒莫的经历相似，但本文着眼于这两个人的回忆录，目的是丰富我们对意大利军队实际战争经历范围的理解，特别是在1941 年和 1942 年。