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…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
Platoon of Austrian-Hungarian Sturmtruppen in action (from “Storm Troops, Austro-Hungarian Assaults Units and Commandos in the First World War”, Christian Ortner – Ed. Verlag Militaria) June 4th, 1917 the “little Caporetto on the Karst” “Remember that on the Karst there are…