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Presentation of the book "Barre the Brenta Canal" in Enego - 24 October 2020

Saturday 24/10/2020 at 20:45
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libro Sbarrate il canal di Brenta

Author: Francesco Pontarollo

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ATTENTION THE EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 CONTAINMENT REGULATIONS

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On Saturday, October 24, 2020, at the Saletta Pro Loco in Enego, there will be the presentation of the book "Barre the Brenta Canal!". Valbrenta 21-23 November 1917 - The true story of the fall of the "Barrage of San Martino" and the drama of the Vestone Alpini.

The book,written by Franscesco Pontarollo,deals with an in-depth research that clarifies the dynamics of the events that took place in the Brenta valley in 1917,during the Italian retreat.

The presentation of the book will start at 20:45.


THE BOOK

In November 1917, in the midst of the royal army's retreat from Valsugana and Lagorai following the Caporetto route, the Italian command decided to close the pass to the habsburg troops in advance by creating a barrier in Valstagna, grottella.

To have the time, upstream of the "narrow" of San Marino, an "advanced barrier" was built while the soldiers, with the towing of the material and the civilian population, descended the course of the Brenta, waiting for the alpini of the 52nd division to reach Valstagna.

The defenses, clinging to the flanks of the valley, included the railway tunnels "del Termine" and "della Lupa", trenches and lattices. At dawn on November 15, against the positions held by the Alpini of the Tirano Battalion, the first Austrian attacks were broken and there were many episodes in which the defenders distinguished themselves by value and courage. Nevertheless, on the evening of November 23, the barrage of San Marino fell into Austrian hands, to the amazement of the Italian high command, while the Habsburg command recorded the capture of 456 soldiers, including 12 officers (8 were the dead and 52 wounded), but also the loss of more than 140 imperial fighters among the dead and wounded.

The Italian Commission of Inquiry that followed ended by attributing the Austrian conquest to a skilled bypassing maneuver carried out from above, falling from the rocks above; a version - girotto emphasizes again - that "allowed good or bad to lay a tombstone on defeat, and on its victims, without affecting the prestige of the royal army and, above all, without questioning the tactics and strategy of its leaders". To clarify today what happened, the author of the book, based on documents resulting from accurate research, has thought about it through a detailed narration accompanied by vintage images. Not only the original study of an episode close to us of the Great War, but also a compelling and well-written tale.


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