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in the Great War. The motivations, the development and the consequences of the
World War I in Italy. > Photos |
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In the first conflict where some means of motorized transport
were used, Italy remained anchored to the traditions, more for impossibility of
choice that for other, always exploiting the available mule to guarantee the lines
of supply.
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Other essential tool for the moves of our troops was the
bicycle, here in endowment to a department of bersaglieri.
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With the lack of the men, sent to the front, were the Italian
women the true protagonists of the prodigious effort of the war production. They
became irreplaceable part of the industrial and agricultural manpower changing
the face of the italian world of the job forever.
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The conformation of the Italian front made difficult whatever
logistic move, particularly during the winter months. This was cause of good part
of the difficulties of our soldiers that didn't receive the restocking that with
so much sacrifice were sent from house.
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The bombardments of cities and villages was for the first
time brought ahead with method. In the illustration we see the city of Vicenza
after a heavy Austrian attack .
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At first sight what could seem a huge slaughter it is instead
a moment of rest for a company of Italian soldiers. Often for lack of every kind
of confort, the men were forced to sleep in the mud and in the dirt increasing
the sense of separation from their superior that had special and well protected
lodgings.
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In many moments only the value and the courage of the Italian
soldiers allowed the victory. Among the heroes of the World War I, the most famous
in absolute was the ace of the aviation Francesco Baracca, very known also today
because the Cavallino Rampante, frieze of his airplane, camps on the autos of
the Ferrari.
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Despite a lot of technological innovations (among which
the tanks and the fight airplane), World War I always remained a war of infantry
and this was very more true on the Italian front, where our infantrymen were perhaps
the only our true strength.
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