Damian ValleDec 13, 2023
#OTD in 1943: "Two Royal Tank Regiment soldiers sit on the side of a well with Italian children, 13 December 1943". Note that the Italian kids are dressed as Alpini with their characteristic feathered hat (cappello alpino).
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© IWM NA 9804
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Damian ValleNov 16, 2023

#OTD in 1944, 18-year-old Antonio Danieli was killed by the X-MAS men. He had been tortured with red-hot irons and had his eyes carved out with bayonets. He was posthumously awarded the Gold Medal of Military Valour.

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Damian ValleNov 13, 2023
#MuleMonday Imperia Angioletta, a partisan dispatch rider and her mule. Imperial was only 15yo.
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Damian ValleNov 12, 2023
#OTD in 1943, Aldo di Loreto, Medical Captain was executed by the Germans. Aldo was on leave when the Armistice was declared and immediately founded a partisan band. Before being shot he ordered the squad to aim for his heart. #WarInItaly @histodons
Damian ValleNov 9, 2023

#OTD in 1944, Forli, "The City of the Duce" was liberated by the partisans and Allies. 9th of November was as well the anniversary of the foundation of the Fascist Party... I bet it stung.
The Germans left Forli causing as much destruction as they could. #WarInItaly

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Damian ValleOct 20, 2023
#OTD in 1944 an Allied bomb hit a school in Gorla (Milan) killing 184 kids, 19 teachers and 5 workers. This tragedy was profusely used by the Fascist propaganda until the end of the war. #WarInItaly #WW2 @histodons
Damian ValleOct 18, 2023
"Two Horses dragging a German artillery piece, break into a full run during a MG attack by P-47s. As the Huns retreat northwest of Bologna, Italy. Later reports indicated that the animals were killed and the gun damaged" 20.04.45 #WarHorseWednesday #WarInItaly
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Damian ValleOct 10, 2023
#OTD in 1944 Italian partisans occupied the city of Alba and created the Partisan Republic of Alba (named after the Republic created by Napoleon in 1796).
"Alba was conquered by 2000 people on the 10th of October and 200 lost it on the 2nd of November of the year 1944" B.Fenoglio #WarInItaly #Partigiani @histodons
Damian ValleOct 7, 2023
Brigadier General Alberto Murer was deported to Flossenbürg in September '44, together with 242 of his men, because of his links with the Resistenza. #OTD in 1944 a camp kapo broke his skull, killing him, because he was hiding 4 potatos. Only 2 of his men survived the camps #IMI #RegioEsercito #WarInItaly @histodons
Damian ValleOct 5, 2023
Italian civilians returning to their homes in Naples after the liberation; extreme poverty, barefoot women, and a woman carrying an elderly lady on her back. Heartbreaking.
IWM CVN 314 #WarInItaly
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