1917: the Italian Army hopes to capture at Trieste, but Austria-Hungary deploys the newly established “Sturmtruppen” to protect the port-city.

1917: the Italian Army hopes to capture at Trieste, but Austria-Hungary deploys the newly established “Sturmtruppen” to protect the port-city.
From June 11th to the 12th, 2016, Free Trieste is holding its fourth sit-in at the border of State of the Free Territory of Trieste with the Italian Republic.
Trieste, 11 March 2016. – Free Trieste is restoring the road signs on the 2 border crossings of the short State border between Trieste (FTT) and Italy.
Captain Gawaloski’s battalion counterattacks despite being outnumbered 1:10 by the Italians: the battalion resists until the 17ᵗʰ Honvéd regiment arrives.
…the Honvéd of the 4th Division will forever remain undefeated on their Mountain, the San Michele. Together with the spirits of their comrades. Forever.
The symbol of this systematic raid of the “Mafias of concrete” at the expenses of Trieste’s coast environment is certainly Duino-Devin’s Sistiana Bay.