Book tells about the Italian army in the First World War
(ANSA) – TRENTO, DECEMBER 07 – The volume “The Italian army in the First World War”, edited by the War Museum for the types of Verlag Militaria, was inaugurated in Palazzo Metternich, seat of the Italian embassy in Vienna , which is based in Vienna.
The double volume – explains a note from the Rovereto War Museum – describes, in over 350 files, uniforms, helmets, headdresses and hats in use in the Royal Army between 1909 and 1919, recounting the transformations that took place in the soldier’s endowments before and during the first World War.
The presentation, organized in collaboration with the Austrian Foreign Ministry, was attended by the authors Francesco Frizzera and Davide Zendri, the Italian ambassador in Vienna Stefano Beltrame, the director of the Heeresgeschichtliches museum in Vienna and the deputy head of the archive of the Austrian State-Kriegsarchiv.
“Today Italy and Austria are allied and friendly nations.
Mature nations able to talk about their past conflicts with the serenity that history, the historicization of the past, allows. In our day, unfortunately, war is knocking again on Europe’s doors with the unjustified Russian aggression against Ukraine, but the fact that today Austria and Italy are neighbors, allies and reassuring friends makes us optimistic about the future. In 2022, the 50th anniversary of South Tyrol’s autonomy will be celebrated. Italy and Austria have followed a path and coexistence that does us credit in Europe and in the world”, said Ambassador Beltrame. (ANSA).