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Once upon a time, a defeated section of Mussolini’s Italian soldiers kickstarted the game of football in Bangalore. We look back at this story in the backdrop of Italy's defeat in the #Finalissima (1/15) 
Between June 1940 and May 1943, the Allies and Axis powers battled in the North African Campaign in World War II. It raged in Libya and Egypt, as well as Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia (2/15)
Following the Battle of the Alps, Italy's attention turned to Africa after the British seized an Italian fort in Libya. In reprisal, Mussolini authorized the invasion of Egypt, which was under British control at the time (3/15)
