Great Lakes Conflagration is the second in two volumes covering military operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at the turn from the 21st century.
Illustrated throughout it describes the formation and battle performance of the major Italian armoured units such as the Ariete, Littorio and Centauro divisions together with lesser known special forces.
An army marches on its stomach, observed Napoleon. One hundred and fifty years later General Rommel remarked that the British should always be attacked before soldiers had had an early morning cup of tea.