Most of central Asmara was built between 1935 and 1941, so effectively the Italians managed to build almost an entire city, in just six years.

During Rommel's first offensive, the Italians managed to divert RAF attacks from Rommel's forces and covered Rommel's retreat during the British Operation Crusader while inflicting heavy losses on RAF bombers.

Despite being one of the weakest of the Allied powers, the Italians soon managed to populate its army from 560 to 693 infantry battalions in 1916 ; the army had grown in size from a million to one and a half million soldiers.

The semi-final was against the Wunderteam, managed by Hugo Meisl and with Josef Bican of Rapid Vienna and Matthias Sindelar of FK Austria, two of the world ’ s finest players, Austria was widely considered the strongest continental side and had already beaten the Italians 4 – 2 in Turin only four months earlier.

The club managed a win in the first leg at home, beating the Italians 2 – 1.

14th Division nearly managed to surround Brihuega, and the Italians retreated in panic.

In group play, they managed to hold on in a high-scoring game with Japan, before losing to Ghana and beating the more heralded Italians.

Poll stations have been mainly managed on a voluntary basis ; they have been hosted mainly in squares, local party quarters, schools, and even restaurants, bars, campers and a hairdresser ; some polling stations were also provided outside the country for Italians abroad.

He managed The Unholy Alliance ( Yoshihiro Tajiri and Mikey Whipwreck ) during their feud with the Full Blooded Italians.

With the final score favouring the Italians 4 – 2, Italy became the first team to successfully defend the title and were once more crowned World Cup winners.

Viadana almost took their revenge in the return fixture the following week, where Saracens conceded a 26 – 3 half time lead to the Italians, before showing composure in the second half to score 31 unanswered points and take the win that would see them enter the New Year at the head of their Heineken Cup pool.

However, the Italians were optimistic after the capture of Málaga, and it was thought that the Italian forces could score an easy victory owing to the heavy losses sustained by the Republican army during the Battle of the Jarama River.

With his 670 score from the ranking round combined with the 667 of Galiazzo and the 649 of Nespolio the Italians were in sixth position after the ranking round.

With his 667 score from the ranking round combined with the 670 of Di Buò and the 649 of Nespolio the Italians were in sixth position after the ranking round.

Francesco Totti converted the ensuing penalty kick to score and give the Italians a 1 – 0 victory, knocking Australia out of the cup.

Mills-Cockell has won the CFTA award for best original score ( The Newcomers: Italians ), been nominated for a Genie for best film score ( Terror Train ), a Dora for best musical ( Donut City ), and in 1990 was honoured with the SOCAN Award for Outstanding Contribution to Canadian Music.

Initially an insurance for injured Javier Chevantón and replace the left of outgoing Emmanuel Adebayor, the Italians created opportunity for Chevantón to score goals in the second half of season.

Christie occasionally inserted stereotyped descriptions of characters into her work, particularly before the end of the Second World War ( when such attitudes were more commonly expressed publicly ), and particularly in regard to Italians, Jews, and non-Europeans.

The Ottoman state maintained control over much of the northern coastal areas for nearly three hundred years, leaving their possessions ( the province of Habesh ), to their Egyptian heirs in 1865 before being given to the Italians in 1885.

As a result of the ban, foreign nationals from certain countries were not permitted entry into Libya at Tripoli airport, including 22 Italians and eight Maltese citizens, one of whom was forced to wait for 20 hours before he was able to return home.

The Italians, with their advanced technology, may have influenced the invention of the stone tented roof ( the wooden tents were known in Russia and Europe long before ).

Officers quoted Patton's speech to them before the invasion of Sicily, referring to Italians and Germans:

The region's ethnic diversity has been affected by repeated waves of immigrant workers from abroad: Belgians before 1910 ; Poles and Italians in the 1920s and 1930s ; Italians and Germans since 1945 and North Africans and Portuguese since 1960 ; and large cities like Lille, Calais, and Boulogne are home to sizable communities of British, Dutch, Scandinavian, Sub-Saharan African, and Latin American immigrants and their descendants.

Since the mid-1950s, before extended pub hours replaced 6 o ' clock closing, Push night-life commonly consisted of a meal at an inexpensive restaurant such as the Athenian or Hellenic Club (" the Greeks ") or La Veneziana (" the Italians ") followed by parties held most nights of the week at private residences.

Although Greece eventually won the war, it was not long before the German army joined the Italians in the Battle of Greece, in April 1941.

The Italians made a final stand around the town of Amba Alagi, before they were finally defeated.

The lightly armoured advance units of 4th Armoured Brigade arrived at Beda Fomm before the fleeing Italians on 5 February, blocking the main coast road and their route of escape.

Due to the lack of details in this and due to other private correspondences, the Italians first believed they were in worse position than before, but the next day's detailed report declared victory.

In both the Slovenian and Croatian portions of Istria, in Dalmatia as well as in the city of Rijeka, Italian refers to autochthonous speakers of Italian and various Italo-Dalmatian languages, natives in the region since before the inception of the Venetian Republic, and also to descendants of Italians that migrated to the area in the early-to-mid-20th Century when it was a part of Italy.

In the French County of Nice, autochthonous speakers of regional languages of Italy ( Ligurian and Piedmontese ), are natives in the region since before annexation to France in 1860, in addition to descendants of Italians that migrated to the areas when they were part of Italian states.

Although immigrants got incentives to come to Brazil, especially after Emancipation when the government worried about seeing the country convert into a " black " nation, Italians who arrived before that didn't seem to have enjoyed special privileges.

Seeing how easily the Italians had defeated the weakened Ottomans, the members of the Balkan League attacked the Ottoman Empire before the war with Italy had ended.

) To make up the numbers, Questore Pietro Caruso chief of the Fascist police in Rome, offered some Italians from his Regina Coeli prison, one of whom, Maurizio Giglio, had been his own Lieutenant, before being unmasked as a double agent working for the American OSS in charge of radio communications with the Fifth Army.

In North Africa, as part of the 22nd Guards Brigade, the 2nd Battalion took part in fighting against the Italians in Egypt before the following year when it saw tough fighting in Libya, then controlled by Italy.

The history of Caxias do Sul starts before the arrival of the Italians, when the region was being roamed by cattlemen and occupied by Indians.

More and more Italians are coming to watch rugby union games and whereas before most of the fans at the Stadio Flaminio were away fans, now Italy has a good home crowd.

Nevertheless, its importance to the Portuguese-Italian trade relations should not be understated ; this map provided the Italians with knowledge of Brazil's coastline and that of much of the Atlantic Coast of South America long before other nations even knew South America extended so far to the south.

Events proceeded rapidly as the Germans and Italians were chased out of North Africa almost before PPA really got going.

The Brazilians rested their star player Leônidas confident that they would qualify for the final, but the Italians won 2 – 1.

He did, in the event, accept the results with magnanimity: in his final farewell speech he invited Italians to loyally serve as patriots, absolving them from their loyalty to the crown.

Despite Kostic ’ s ability in front of goal, Red Star failed to produce any goals and so it was the Italians, who proceeded to the final.

Italian goalkeeper Francesco Toldo, who had been drafted into the starting XI as Gianluigi Buffon missed the tournament through injury, made two saves in the penalty shootout ( in addition to his penalty save in normal time ) to carry the Italians to the final.

In the final, the Italians faced Hungary, a surprise package, playing a similar brand of flowing football to that of the Wunderteam.

Croats comprise an absolute majority with 59. 6 %; Italians 18. 3 %, Serbs 3. 8 %, Slovenes 2. 2 %, Bosniaks 1. 7 %, Albanians 1. 3 % and those regionally declared ( as Istrians ) make up the final 1. 57 %.

England left too much to do after the defeat to Italy to qualify for the World Cup, but Hughes nonetheless celebrated a 50th cap when England beat the Italians 2 – 0 in the final qualifier at Wembley at the end of 1977.

It encompasses the entire country ; candidates in this constituency are elected by voters belonging to 22 recognized minorities in Croatia: the Serb minority elects three MPs, the Hungarians and Italians elect one MP each, the Czech and Slovak minorities jointly elect one MP, and all other minorities elect the final two MPs.

In January 1942, with the final official surrender of the Italians, the British, under pressure from the American administration, signed an interim Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement with Emperor Haile Selassie I acknowledging Ethiopian sovereignty.

* 23 May 2007 – AC Milan beat Liverpool 2 – 1 in the European Cup final in Athens, two years after Liverpool had beaten the Italians on penalties after a 3 – 3 draw in the Istanbul final.

Again, living up to their bad boy tag Johnson was chased down the tunnel after the final whistle by three angry Italians.

They recruited the final two members of the band, Healy and Merritt, who had played together in various bands such as Jimmy Vivino & The Black Italians and The Vivino Brothers Band.

The final, won by the Italians, was the first to be broadcast live on radio.

He helped Villa overcome the Italians in the final, notably in the penalty shootout where he saved the attempts of Vincenzo Iaquinta and Alessandro Del Piero.

Immigration from the former territories of British India has occurred in the final decades of the 20th century with immigrants from these countries following in the footsteps of the Italians by entering the catering industry.

The Italians also just missed the cutoff for the final by one ranking in the team round.

The Italians, all registered as students, won the Olympic Games that year, defeating Meisl ’ s Austrians in the final 2-1.

He played the full 90 minutes in the 2 – 1 victory over the Italians in Switzerland and also took over the captain's armband from Frank Lampard for the final 20 minutes.