21 August 1917, a young Viennese hero: Oberleutnant Friedrich Franek The 11th battle of the Isonzo is Cadorna’s last push on the southern Isonzofront before Caporetto. And it is the bloodiest all Great War battles on the southern front. The two…
TIMAVO MAY 27th, 1917: THE FAILED VENTURE OF MAJOR GIOVANNI RANDACCIO AND THE FALSE TALE OF GABRIELE D’ANNUNZIO
The statue of Gabriele D’Annunzio, placed in Piazza della Borsa by the Municipality of Trieste. The warrior-poet hailed by Italian nationalists is one of the precursors of Fascism and of the racial persecutions that hit Trieste. The provocative inauguration ceremony…
THE FIVE CROSSES
Northern foothills of the Hermada, as seen from the valley of Brestovizza-Bretovica pri Komn Cursed Hermada “In the evening we stop, waiting for the Sektorkommando to send us a guide. In this area, the never-ending duel of the artillery is…
THE SINKING OF BATTLESHIP WIEN
Trieste, Sant’Anna Cemetery: here rest the sailors who died in the sinking of battleship Wien on 10 December 1917 (photo by R. Giurastante) 10 December 1917 Port of Trieste, December 10th, 1917 is a foggy night. Anchored in the bay…
OUR VALOROUS BOSNIAKS
“If it is written in the Book of Life that you are going to fall, then you’ll fall. But if it is written that you are going to see Bosnia again, then not even the most violent fire can harm you, and…
CAPORETTO, 24 OCTOBER 1917
THE LIBERATION OF TRIESTE FROM THE ITALIAN ASSAULT “Men do not count more than machines, but instead, that the better machine controlled by a better man – the commander – can discount the blue of ‘big battalions’. Weapons and training…