21 August 1917: young Viennese officer Friedrich Franek fights in the 11th Battle of the Isonzo, defending Altitude Quota 146 – Flondar.
Trieste commemorates its Austro-Hungarian fallen on 10 November 2019
The commemoration takes place on Sunday, 10 November 2019, at 11AM, in the Austro-Hungarian military cemetery of Prosek-Prosecco (Trieste, Karst plateau).
TIMAVO MAY 27th, 1917: OF MAJOR GIOVANNI RANDACCIO’S FAILED VENTURE AND OF GABRIELE D’ANNUNZIO’S FALSE TALE
…Randaccio died an agonizing death […] D’Annunzio […] managed to turn his friend’s meaningless end into a gruesomely patriotic and romantic tale.
STANISLAU WIERONSKI
Hauptmann Stanislau Wieronski, experienced Polish officer, leads three companies of the K.u.K. Infantry Regiment Nr.11 counterattacking the Italians.
JOHANN FOUSEK
1916: despite being wounded, Oberleutnant Johann Fousek groups his men and organizes a counterattack against the Italian army.
TAKING OUR HISTORY BACK TO BUILD OUR FUTURE
The defense of our independent State, the Free Territory of Trieste, does also require taking our history back, to affirm our history.