http://www.historynet.com/italy-a-nation-divided-1943-1945.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sat, 25 May 2013 21:06:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.historynet.com/italy-a-nation-divided-1943-1945.htm#comment-819113 Larry C Sun, 30 Sep 2012 12:49:39 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683103#comment-819113 There certainly are things that historians do not tell. After the initial battle at the Piave River during WWI Austians brought up reinforcement. The unit happened to be Austrian conscripts from Galicia (Austrain occuppied Poland). My father was one of the senior officers. Both sides knew who was opposite them. There was still plenty of shooting on both sides but it was into the dirt of "No-man's Land." The Polish had no intention to shoot Italians - their co-believers of the Catholic faith. My father told how every sunday until Austia's surrrender, the Polish unit would march across No-man's Land to attend church on the Italian side, with the Italians. After church they would share food and momentos. Later they would march to their own trenches and do some shooting - again into No-man's land! There certainly are things that historians do not tell.
After the initial battle at the Piave River during WWI Austians brought up reinforcement. The unit happened to be Austrian conscripts from Galicia (Austrain occuppied Poland). My father was one of the senior officers. Both sides knew who was opposite them. There was still plenty of shooting on both sides but it was into the dirt of "No-man's Land." The Polish had no intention to shoot Italians – their co-believers of the Catholic faith.
My father told how every sunday until Austia's surrrender, the Polish unit would march across No-man's Land to attend church on the Italian side, with the Italians. After church they would share food and momentos. Later they would march to their own trenches and do some shooting – again into No-man's land!

]]> http://www.historynet.com/italy-a-nation-divided-1943-1945.htm#comment-813033 Tim Chirnin Wed, 25 Jul 2012 05:39:03 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683103#comment-813033 An excellent nonbiased source for its treatment of the Italian military especially in WW1 is the on line site for Norwich University. An excellent nonbiased source for its treatment of the Italian military especially in WW1 is the on line site for Norwich University.

]]> http://www.historynet.com/italy-a-nation-divided-1943-1945.htm#comment-813031 Tim Chirnin Wed, 25 Jul 2012 05:32:12 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683103#comment-813031 Thank you Jim for your great work . I too am frustrated at the contemptuous and utterly false in most instances portrayal of Italy not only in WW2, Victory at Sea propaganda , but also in WW1 where the losing Battle of Caporetto is related even to this day with gleeful enthusiasn by non Italian writers and commentators but ignore the 9 months later series of Battles of the Isonzo where the Italians overwhelmingly crippled the Austrians and their German allies sent to help them and ending in the great Italian victory of Vittorio Veneto 4months later. The surrender of Austria -Hungary always described by non Italians even by Italy's allies as an armistice in spite Italy dictating a victor's terms, God forbid any country surrendered to the Italians, was the ultimate blow to arrogant Austria . Italy then let it be known that Bavaria was going to be invaded with Munich as its objective. Germany not able to pull any troops away from the western front and had pulled out the troops who had been helping Austria quickly surrendered to the Allies less it be completely humiliated by the Italians. This can be found in very few history books and I don't wonder why but one of the German field marshalls himself even stated the same reason for Germany's capitulation. Sorry for the off WW2 rant. Thank you Jim for your great work . I too am frustrated at the contemptuous and utterly false in most instances portrayal of Italy not only in WW2, Victory at Sea propaganda , but also in WW1 where the losing Battle of Caporetto is related even to this day with gleeful enthusiasn by non Italian writers and commentators but ignore the 9 months later series of Battles of the Isonzo where the Italians overwhelmingly crippled the Austrians and their German allies sent to help them and ending in the great Italian victory of Vittorio Veneto 4months later. The surrender of Austria -Hungary always described by non Italians even by Italy's allies as an armistice in spite Italy dictating a victor's terms, God forbid any country surrendered to the Italians, was the ultimate blow to arrogant Austria . Italy then let it be known that Bavaria was going to be invaded with Munich as its objective. Germany not able to pull any troops away from the western front and had pulled out the troops who had been helping Austria quickly surrendered to the Allies less it be completely humiliated by the Italians. This can be found in very few history books and I don't wonder why but one of the German field marshalls himself even stated the same reason for Germany's capitulation. Sorry for the off WW2 rant.

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