Facing the Hermada: from the war diary of Infanterieregiment Nr. 47 (K.u.K. 47) 25 May 1917, afternoon: the 10th battle of the Isonzo (LINK). Now the target of the Italians is definitively the Hermada. The greatest effort focuses on Valle…
JOHANN FOUSEK
15 September 1916, hell on Altitude 208 North: Oberleutnant Johann Fousek (K.u.K. I.R. 102, IV Battalion). “Retreat or surrender? Counterattack.” On 15 September 1916, in the middle of the battle for Altitude 208 North. The Italians call the two Altitudes…
1918-2018: THE LONG CENTURY OF ITALIAN NATIONALISTIC PROPAGANDA IN TRIESTE
Photo by Fabrizio Bidussi They try to submerge us with their nationalistic wave. This is that is happening in Trieste in the early days of November 2018, dedicated to the centenary of the so-called “redemption” of Trieste, and its false…
Trieste: photo exhibit about the soldiers from Bosnia and Herzegovina 1908 – 1918
Photo exhibit 1908-1918: the soldiers from Bosnia and Herzegovina in Trieste and on the Southern Front 1917: Emperor Karl I decorates Bosnian soldiers In 1903, Austria-Hungary established four Infantry Regiments from Bosnia and Herzegovina, the soldiers were of all faiths:…
Trieste commemorates its Austro-Hungarian fallen on 11 November 2018
On Sunday, 11 November 2018, at 11AM, in the Austro-Hungarian military cemetery of Prosek-Prosecco, on the Karst plateau of Trieste, takes place the traditional public commemoration of the Fallen and of the Soldiers of Austria-Hungary (army, navy, aviation) of Trieste,…
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…