{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"80 - The Italian Army In North Africa","description":"Long standing listeners will have heard me chat to Walter Zapotoczny before, in episode 57 we looked at Ardennes offensive, and in episode 63 we looked at  German penal battalions. Patrons of the podcast might recall on both occasions after I\u2019d finished recording we got to talking about the Italians in North Africa. Well, Walter\u2019s book on the topic was released a couple of months ago \u2018The Italian Army In North Africa: A Poor Fighting Force or Doomed by Circumstance\u2019 Hopefully we can answer the question a poor fighting force or doomed by circumstance in this podcast. ","author_name":"The WW2 Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/www.ww2podcast.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/7557221\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/26016998"}