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Damian Valle Jul 20, 2024

#OTD in 1944, Italian priest Giuseppe Beotti was killed by German forces. Beotti was killed for sheltering Jews and aiding partisans during #WW2. His courage and sacrifice in the face of tyranny remain a powerful testament to the strength of human compassion and resistance.

Damian Valle Jul 10, 2024

80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Caen

Damian Valle Feb 1, 2024

OTD in 1945 (still during WW2), #Italy changed the law, granting Italian women the right to vote (except registered prostitutes working outside authorized establishments 🤷🏻‍♂️). They would vote for the first time on June 2, 1946.
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Damian Valle Jan 11, 2024

#OTD in 1948, 54 Italian civilians were massacred in Mogadishu and 55 were wounded. The British authorities did nothing to stop the massacre. 14 Somali died, amongst them Hawo Tako, whilst protecting an Italian. However her image has being used as a symbol of tge independence.
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Damian Valle Jan 9, 2024

#OTD in 1950, Modena: the police, armed with MGs, rifles and armoured cars opened fire against workers protesting against mass firings from a foundry for political reasons. 6 men died that day (3 of them ex-partisans), one of them lynched and shot in the head. 200 were wounded. #ColdWar
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Damian Valle Dec 15, 2023

#OTD in 1896 , Italian doctor Scipione Riva Rocci, who studied medicine in Turin, published a paper describing his new invention, the sphygmomanometer. Since then his invention has been measuring the blood pressure of humans and animals all over the world.
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Damian Valle Dec 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).
#WarInItaly
© IWM NA 9804
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Damian Valle Dec 2, 2023

#OTD in 1943, 88 JU88 attacked Bari's harbour destroying dozens of vessels, amongst them the SS John Harvey with a cargo of 2,000 mustard gas bombs. 628 soldiers suffered gas-related injuries and 83 died. It was covered-up until 1959 when the US Army declassified the documents.

Damian Valle Nov 27, 2023

#MuleMonday: French soldiers and a mule carrying a 80mm De Bange mountain cannon (I believe), Tonkin (northern Vietnam) during the Sino-French War, Illustration by L.Bombled

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Damian Valle Nov 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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