Alpine Wall (redirect from Vallo Alpino)
The Alpine Wall (Vallo Alpino) was an Italian system of fortifications along the 1,851 km (1,150 mi) of Italy's northern frontier. Built in the years leading...
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"Vallo Alpino Occidentale" (487 km with France), "Vallo Alpino Settentrionale" (724 km with Switzerland and 420 km with Austria) and "Vallo Alpino Orientale"...
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Alpine Line (section Vallo Alpino)
The Italian counterpart to the Alpine Line was Italy's Alpine Wall (Vallo Alpino), the western portions of which faced the Alpine Line across the Alpine...
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the Ligne Alpine exchanged fire with their Italian counterparts of the Vallo Alpino. On 17 June, France announced that it would seek an armistice with Germany...
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the Ligne Alpine exchanged fire with their Italian counterparts of the Vallo Alpino. On 17 June, France announced that it would seek an armistice with Germany...
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Valtellina Redoubt (redirect from Ridotto Alpino Repubblicano)
The Valtellina The Valtellina Redoubt or, officially, in Italian: Ridotto Alpino Repubblicano (transl. Republican Alpine Redoubt) or RAR, was the intended...
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cannon was also used in bunkers in the defensive fortifications of the Vallo Alpino. The Bassotto, modeled on the general design of the M40 and M41 predecessors...
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d'Arresto) battalions were tasked with manning the fortifications of the Vallo Alpino and received the names of 1st line reserve battalions of World War I...
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Colico Kaufmann, J. E.; Kaufmann, H. W. (2014). "Chapter 4, section The Vallo Alpino". The Forts & Fortifications of Europe 1815-1945: The Central States:...
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decided in the 1947 Treaty of Paris. The area was interested in the Vallo Alpino and ligne Maginot fortifications and then during the II World War saw...
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decided in the 1947 Treaty of Paris. The area was interested by the Vallo Alpino and ligne Maginot fortifications and then saw heavy fights during the...
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Nearby the village of Mauls, take place one of the defences of the “Vallo Alpino Littorio in Alto Adige”, a set of bunkers wanted by Benito Mussolini...
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Museo Industriale Italiano (industrial museum) established. 1863 - Club Alpino Italiano founded. 1864 - Torino Porta Nuova railway station opens. 1865...
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