Zeitnot. Le truppe tedesche in Alto Adige e in Liguria occidentale nell’estate del 1943.

The essay focuses on one of the many factors at play in the summer of 1943 in Italy: the arrival of German troops. Using mainly sources conserved in the BundesarchivMilitärarchiv (BA-MA) in Freiburg, it outlines the dynamics with which some of the Wehrmacht units were deployed in the weeks following 25 July in two sectors of Italian territory: South Tyrol and western Liguria. The first case highlights the German commands’ concern over the equipment and effective preparation of their troops and their fear of possible Italian reactions to German disarmament. The second case shows how the Germans’ attention was largely catalysed by the possible Allied landing on the Ligurian coast and the directives received for the disarmament of the Regio Esercito in the event of a failure to react against the landing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]