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Challenge photos - Northern Italy 1944-45

Discussion in 'Italy, Sicily & Greece' started by Cjkiwi, Sep 2, 2016.

  1. Cjkiwi

    Cjkiwi New Member

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    My father served in the NZ 6th Field Regiment during the Italian campaign of 1943-45. After the German surrender in May 1945, many NZ troops in Trieste were given leave to travel in Italy before being returned home. I have posted four photos from that period I am interested in identifying, with assistance from Italian members of this forum. I know my father travelled through the Dolomites, and visited Lake Como. But as to precisely where these photos were taken I don't know. Location 1: a dam in the Dolomites near what town? Location 2: a small town at the foot of what appears to be an isolated mountain that should be recognisable today. Further, the large trees are shaped in a way I am unfamiliar with as someone who now has a background in Horticulture. They should be distinctive of a particular area. Location 3: Which Italian Lake - d'Iseo, Como, Lugano, di Garda, or some other in the Central Northern area? It could even be Trasimene, where NZ troops were staged before being returned home, but that's not Northern Italy. Location 4: An orchard area before a small hill with distinctive shape. The bridge will no doubt have been replaced with something different now. I appreciate comments from forum members who might assist me to identify these places so that I can visit at some point in the future.

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    The 2nd one reminds me of Mount Vesuvius & Mount Somma
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    LRusso216 Graybeard Staff Member

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    I think the third one is Vesuvius as well, but from a different angle. I can't find a picture that matches it, so I'm not sure.
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    I know my father re-visited Cassino at the end of the war, and also Pompeii. So this fits. None of the photos in his album are in chronological order, so I had assumed, incorrectly, this might be a north Italian location. Thanks for the feedback and pointing me to the right part of the country.
     
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    As with the Takao post above, you both have identified a location that makes sense, even if I tried to inadvertently miss-lead you by thinking it was in Northern Italy. Appreciate your comments.
     
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    CJ,

    Do you have photos from Cassino?

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    I would say that the third one was one of the Italian lakes.

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