Kerry Dwyer is a Brit living in France with her family. One of the things she blogs about is her walking tours — she calls them ramblings, I would call them hikes. On an innocent vacation to the Alps, she came upon the remains of the Austrian Fort Luserna, which played a grim role in World War I.
Kelly writes: “I find the history of wars very disturbing. It was not something that I expected of this holiday although maybe (I) should have given the location.”
From an account posted at Moesslang.net, with an English translation by Jim Haugh:
“At the start of the Italian/Austrian war most Austrian units were already fighting on the Russian front. As a result, the Austrian border with Italy was protected mostly by volunteers who were not even part of a regular army unit. Soldiers ages ranged from 16 to 80. … They were often armed with older rifles and equipment and logistics so terrible that many times soldiers wives would bring food to the men in the trenches. ”
Here’s an account of the fighting in this part of the Front, with many interesting photos of the Austrians’ secret weapon.
http://www.moesslang.net/WW1%20Fortification%20History.htm
Here’s Kerry’s description of her walking tour of this part of Italy, with photos of the ruins of Fort Luserna:
http://kerrydwyer.net/2012/07/17/fort-luserna/
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Thank you for passing by my blog and picking up this post. I do find war very disturbing and during my hikes around the Trentino Highlands there were ample reminders. We saw trenches and bomb craters. There were also scars left from the gun emplacements and military roads built by women and children. There are pictures of these on my other posts of that holiday.
I can see that this blog is about WW1. France still bears the scars of WWII. I have another post concerning the devastation of Oradour and Royan showing pictures of those war torn places.
We must remember.
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Exactly, Kelly. I’ve not been to the Italian Front, but I’ve made several trips to the Western Front.
At the going down of the sun
And in the morning
We will remember them.
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Yes – all of them.
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