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* After the Battle of El Alamein, a British victory which turned the tables in North Africa, the elite Folgore Division, who were stranded in the desert with no reinforcements, no supplies and no way out. Made a last stand until they ran out of anything they could shoot or throw. Historian Renzo de Felice reports that 300 survivors out of 5,000 men. In Nov, 21, 1942, Winston Churchill himself praised their courage in a speech to the Chamber.

* The war in north-eastern Africa is at least considered, if not a Crowning Moment of Awesome, at least one of the [[Badass]], as Italian infantry, and especially armored units, that are woefully under-equipped, fought stubbornly against the allied tanks, that are vastly superior. Reportedly, most Italian tank hulls could be piecred by British machinegun fire.