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Austro-Hungarian trench at the peak of Ortler, the highest trench in the First World War (3850m). The White War (Italian: Guerra Bianca, German: Gebirgskrieg, Hungarian: Fehér Háború) [2] [3] is the name given to the fighting in the high-altitude Alpine sector of the Italian front during the First World War, principally in the Dolomites, the Ortles-Cevedale Alps and the Adamello-Presanella ...
The Austro-Hungarian defence repelled Italian attacks by taking advantage of the terrain in the Julian Alps and the Dolomites, where frostbite and avalanches proved deadlier than bullets. [6] During the summer of 1918, the Battle of San Matteo took place on the Italian front and was fought at the highest elevation of any during the war.
A mine gallery in the ice at Pasubio The Italian front in 1915–1917, initial Italian conquests shown in blue. The mines on the Italian front during the First World War comprised a series of underground explosive charges of varying sizes, secretly planted between 1916 and 1918 by Austro-Hungarian and Italian tunneling units beneath their enemy's lines along the Italian front in the Dolomite ...
Stoccareddo is a secluded village in the Italian Alps that was, until the late 20th century, very isolated. [2] Stoccareddo was first inhabited by a family with the surname Baù about 800 years ago. [1] It was destroyed during World War I, but was rebuilt during the early 1920s by its citizens. Because of its location, the villagers, mainly ...
An avalanche killed six skiers in the Italian Alps on Saturday, making it one of the deadliest to hit the area in many years.
The Alpini (Italian for "alpines") are a specialised mountain warfare infantry corps of the Italian Army, which distinguished itself in World War I fighting in the Alps against Austro-Hungarian Kaiserjäger and the German Alpenkorps. The Alpini were supported by the Mountain Artillery, which both share the Cappello Alpino as identifying symbol ...
Image credits: Vigili del Fuoco Last June, hiker Lukas McClish was rescued after surviving ten days in the Santa Cruz mountains of California.. The 34-year-old set off with only a few belongings ...
As most of the Italian Alps was under German control and the partisans had taken the areas west of South Tyrol, the only area that potentially could be utilised was the Valtellina, an Alpine valley entered from the northern end of Lake Como. [5] As a possible stronghold the Valtellina had a number of advantages.