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Great pics and history, Thank you very much for sharing!
Your grandfather was Alpini in WWII? If so he and my father may have crossed paths-my father was 10th Mountain Division (85E) and part of the Po River Valley offensive. He had much respect for the Alpini and really enjoyed going back over there many years later and rubbing elbows with them. |
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Awesome! Thanks for posting. Talk about mountain fighting, that's a fucking mountain.
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This is awesome. I will share with a friend in Teramo.
He will enjoy it. |
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Thank you very much for sharing, always nice to see relics from the World War's.
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Great pics and history, Thank you very much for sharing! Your grandfather was Alpini in WWII? If so he and my father may have crossed paths-my father was 10th Mountain Division (85E) and part of the Po River Valley offensive. He had much respect for the Alpini and really enjoyed going back over there many years later and rubbing elbows with them. View Quote |
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Awesome! Thanks for posting. Talk about mountain fighting, that's a fucking mountain. View Quote |
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Awesome post!! Thanks for sharing as that type of exploration is fascinating.
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Fighting in that terrain must have been hell on the attacker...just crazy.
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Awesome pictures and information, op! Thanks for taking the time to do that!
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i miei familgia de mi papa sono de belluno....non scrivo l'italino bene, scusi
molto grazie per tutti i foti delgli montangni.... che maraviglioso!!!!! il suo inglese sono benissimo! (i am 2nd generation italo-american.......1/2 benevento 1/2 belluno....best of both worlds) |
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That's terrific!
Thank you very much for tanking the time to create this thread. I love all things related to the Great War and I love to read and see all I can about it. |
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Hard to beat good German glass, especially for that time. How are those Goerz binoculars in person?
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Thanks for posting all of those pictures. It's a part of WWI history that is unfamiliar to most Americans. I metal detect for Civil War items here in Virginia but what you do in the mountains is seriously hard core relic hunting. Just be careful with the live artillery shells. I doesn't look like a practical location to dispense gas but do you know if chemical munitions were ever used in the mountain fighting?
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i miei familgia de mi papa sono de belluno....non scrivo l'italino bene, scusi molto grazie per tutti i foti delgli montangni.... che maraviglioso!!!!! il suo inglese sono benissimo! (i am 2nd generation italo-american.......1/2 benevento 1/2 belluno....best of both worlds) View Quote |
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Thanks for sharing!
I worked with the Italian Alpine troops several times. Good guys. Grappa, is something else! |
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Thanks for posting all of those pictures. It's a part of WWI history that is unfamiliar to most Americans. I metal detect for Civil War items here in Virginia but what you do in the mountains is seriously hard core relic hunting. Just be careful with the live artillery shells. I doesn't look like a practical location to dispense gas but do you know if chemical munitions were ever used in the mountain fighting? View Quote |
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Mont Blanc is 15,774 feet (4,808 m), was there fighting here?
At what altitude was most of the fighting at? |
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Very cool! Thank you for sharing. This rifle approves of this thread. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/51323/M91Carcano_zpsb4bea6e9-655936.JPG View Quote |
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Very cool!
I watched a show about a cannon the Italians lugged up a mountain & pasted the Austrians with it. |
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Mont Blanc is 15,774 feet (4,808 m), was there fighting here? At what altitude was most of the fighting at? View Quote |
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Well done and thank You. I am envious.
Your command of the English language is very impressive. At least a thousand times better than My non-existent Italian skills! The Ol' Crew Chief |
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no fighting on monte bianco because it's at french border, not austrian/slovenian/croatian. In WW2, when Italy invaded France, there was fighting on westerns alps but never on Monte Bianco. In ww1 they fought up to 3600 meters with temperatures as low as -40 celsius degrees, there was a winter with more than 10k death by avalanche. ww1 in Italy and austria is also called "the white war". View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Mont Blanc is 15,774 feet (4,808 m), was there fighting here? At what altitude was most of the fighting at? |
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