Dominic Sandbrook
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Appearances Over Time
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So there are military cemeteries.
There's amazing, like, trench networks and forts.
You can roam around to your heart's content.
It's a lot better than the Western Front because it's much more beautiful.
It's brilliant, actually.
I really recommend it.
And everything is really lovely.
Nice weather, nice people, great.
but a very different scene back in 1915, right?
Exactly, yes.
Not if you're Italian in 1915.
So basically, the Italians were meant to cross this river straight away.
The Austrians blew up the bridges, took the Italians ages to get across.
By the time they get across, the Austrians are dug in on the mountains above.
And this will be the focus of the campaign for the next two years.
So the valley of this river, the Socha or the Itzonzo, and above it, the jagged kind of limestone highlands of what is called the Karst or the Karso.
I mean, that's what you want to see when you are launching a full frontal attack.
A jagged limestone highland.
Yeah.
Oh, God.