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... high-walled war room of Palazzo Venezia.

Benito Mussolini stood before the great operations map of East Africa.

"Operazione Orestiade begins on the third," he declared.

Around the long oak table sat Marshal De Bono, General Pariani, Marshal Badoglio, and air force representatives.

Mussolini’s finger jabbed at the map just below Adigrat.

"You De Bono will open from the north. Eritrea is ready. Roads are cleared. The Mareb will be behind you by dawn."

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