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  1. Lanciere

    Lanciere New Member

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    Hallo, I'm an italian who want talk about the World War Two and who want also improve his English, so I've decided to sign up in this forum. I hope you can enjoy my company.

    Hallo again to everybody. :)
     
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    Welcome aboard. We do have one well versed contributor from Italy already but the more the better. Sometimes it's difficult to find information on the Italian side of things and what's out there in English is often sketchy and/or wrong. Please jump in if you see something that doesn't strike you as correct.
     
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    Welcome! Rich A. in Pa.
     
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    TD-Tommy776 Man of Constant Sorrow

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    Welcome to the Forum, Lanciere.
     
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    LRusso216 Graybeard Staff Member

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    Hi Lanciere. It's always nice to have someone from Italy. We're interested in your point of view.
     
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    Welcome aboard Lanciere.
     
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    Welcome to the forums!
     
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    Welcome!
     
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    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Welcome Lanciere, it good to have you join us. Jump on out there with the comment, we won't shoot you if you make an error. Heck, some us can barely speak English and we live where it is spoken every day.
     
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    Bienvenuti and enjoy your stay on this fine forum!
     
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  12. Lanciere

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    Thank you to everyone.
     
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    rkline56 USS Oklahoma City CG5

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    I was amazed to visit Monte Cassino, Lancierre. The artillery observation and coverage of the valley from the Monastery and the nearby mountain peaks was devastating. I could not even picture trucks or armor rolling up that valley without being annihilated. The people on our bus were pretty scared traversing the road up to the Monastery but the drivers are good as I am sure - must be the case for their license.

    I would have liked to pay more respect at the Polish Cemetery but it was way off to the North in that rugged area that all the troops struggled through for the assault.


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Monte_Cassino#/media/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2005-0004,_Italien,_Monte_Cassino.jpg
    [SIZE=10pt]Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-2005-0004 / Wittke / CC-BY-SA 3.0[/SIZE]
     
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  14. Lanciere

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    Because you haven't see the Salto del Granatiere (litterally Jump of the Granadier). A place where in the 1916 there was a battle between the 3rd Corps Austrian and the 34th Division Italian; the Battle of Asiago for the Italian Army or Straffexpedition (Punitive Expedition) for the Austiran Army.

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    The place is now called Jump of the Granadier, because when the Brigade "Granatieri di Sardegna" (Granadiers of Sardinia) finished the ammunition, the grandiers started to fight hand-to-hand with the enemies and a lot of them…

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    belasar Court Jester

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    As usual, I'm late for the party, but welcome aboard just the same.
     
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    welcome !
     
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  17. TD-Tommy776

    TD-Tommy776 Man of Constant Sorrow

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    Yes, but you are fashionably late, as usual. ;)
     
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  18. 8thalop

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    Hello! I am writing a novel that takes place south of Bologna in April 1945. Are you familiar with that area?
     
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  19. Otto

    Otto GröFaZ Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Benvenuto Lanciere!

    A few tears back I visited that area and hiked the mountains in and around Asiago. I've even found a few bones and added them (with a prayer) to the Ossario Asiago (Asiago War Memorial).
     
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  20. Lanciere

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    Sorry, I'm not familiar with that area. But I know some people who live there.
    May I ask you of what it's about your novel?
     
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