WW1 In The Alps: The High-Altitude Battle For The Dolomites

A personal account of the tragic battles that unfolded amid the sharp gullies and ravines of the Dolomites, requiring men to perform the nearly impossible: excavate and tunnel through solid granite in freezing weather.
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[@homiehomerson2705]

Imagine fighting in this environment....crazy

[@TheBarbcon1]

My grandfather fought as an Alpini and was a Captain of a machine gun regiment. He captured a Astian soldier and they ended up being friends for the rest of their lives.

[@ruusteriv]

If you know more, I'd like to hear more

[@TheWolfalpino]

True stories aswell. Italian war stories are among the best, even probably these things also happened in other places of the world. I'm pretty sure people, at least some,would definitely appreciate them. We just need to translate them

[@homiehomerson2705]

Sure.....great "story"...

[@Shlomo109]

Isonzo brought me here. So far the best game to experience these battles.

[@TheWolfalpino]

If you will ever ever come to Italy, go to Friuli and ask people to tell you the story of the battle of Isonzo. Happy that it brought you here, but Trust me, you will stop playing videogames.

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

Thank you (Timeline )channel & ( history Hit)network page...for sharing this attractive video about mountaineers fought during WW1.. those super difficulty attacks occurred between Austrians and Italians...

[@jonathonmcglew4992]

Finally the right video

[@barnabybones2393]

You know it. I think they use AI or maybe Kindergartners

[@SeatSniffer1944]

I could not even imagine how tough it had to have been hauling artillery pieces and gear up these mountains had to have been a really rough life

[@TheWolfalpino]

Check the story of Adamello's cannon piece, friendly called Hippopotamus (hoping to not break the translation). They took a big piece of artillery to around 3k meters in pieces, by men and mules, felt 2 or 3 times in the snow, carrying people with them, and they retrieved it every time until they were able to get it in place on a top of a strategic mountain. It's still there and you can go see it when ice melts (well, maybe now it's easier then before). There are many places that can leave you jaw dropping or at least reflecting, with their relative stories. But that's one of the most famous ones.

[@benediktmorak4409]

and as sad as it is, more soldiers died from other causes, frozen to death, killed in rock falls, killed in avalanches, man made ones or snow brought down by shelling, than from the actual fighting.

[@kingmichealthefirstofroman2278]

Many of them can finally come home now and finally get rest

[@fabiodeoliveiraribeiro1602]

A small mountain war geographically separated from the immense trench warfare on the plains. In one the border of Italy would be decided, in the other the political fate of France, Germany, Belgium and Russia was at stake. Due to the geographical characteristic, warfare in the mountains did not allow large, useless frontal assaults against machine gun nests. On the European plain, these assaults caused a huge number of casualties. The soldiers who risked their lives in the Dolomites made a greater effort, especially in winter. Were they more likely to survive the war than those who fought at Tannenberg, Verdun, Somme, Ypres?

[@Divano-qw2sb]

It really depends. The assaults on the isonzo front were quite similar to the ones on the western front while the white war was more characterized by smaller and better trained units doing smaller operations. While on the Isonzo front the risk was getting shelled by austrian artillery while being blocked by 100s of meters of barbed wire in front of Gorizia in the white war the deadliest enemy were cold and avalanches.

[@stigrabbid589]

Sabaton made a song about this conflict called Soldier of Heaven, specifically dedicated to the soldiers who died due to avalanches on a day called White Friday. Many of them are still up there over 100 years later.

[@rickcs7050]

I won't be coming home I won't be going avnywhere I will guard this post forever

[@TheWolfalpino]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5jMkGWwo7Zgi9Ufeature=shared I can only translate the title, but you can check the song text. It's called "Lord of the mountains" Ask any Italian about this song, at least from the Northside.

[@TheWolfalpino]

And another one called "IL Golico" kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHu5aJaGdtZ6g6sfeature=shared

[@dtaylor10chuckufarle]

They were badasses, each and every man. We stand on the shoulders of giants. ☧

[@TheWolfalpino]

And yet, they weren't so tall. But great men. It wasn't the war that made them great, but for sure it carved them out.

[@trulsslemmeli8134]

Benvenuto al fronte, fratello

[@spencerchamp]

Cadorna really refused to wrap his head around the new rules of war

[@fordisfurious]

Didn’t you try to publish this a week or so ago and it was the wrong video?

[@katherinecollins4685]

Very interesting documentary

[@broom-closet]

Isonzo Anyone?

[@TheWolfalpino]

Yes, but the real one, not the game. Happy that the games brought you here, but if one day you'll come to Italy, go to Friuli and and ask some people to tell you the real story.

[@robertrakestraw6386]

Excellent....thank you

[@fetus2280]

An "Expert" in Trench warfare doesnt recognize a Chimney? Yikes.

[@fadeleez]

Amazing

[@oldmanotis]

Was it just me or in the opening sequence did they play the sound effect of racking a hand gun but they guy on screen was putting a clip into his rifle??

[@jpmtlhead39]

Its almost Unbelivable the conditions that this Man had endure and fight at the same time . Thousands died in Avalanches provoked by the shelling of the slopes packed with fresh Snow. What an Horrible place to sleep,eat,pass time but above all to Fight and Die. Those mountains are beautiful,but miserable to live for months on end. This part of WW1 is not very "knowed" ,but was dirty,freezing and Deadly like in any other front. This one a little bit worse because of the lousy Weather and Terrain. Those where very Brave Man who fought on that beautiful but unforgiven Cold mountains.

[@neilstern7108]

I have been in the mountains and I just can't believe how tough they had to be.

[@kingmichealthefirstofroman2278]

Isonzo send me here

[@daniela.delacruz1559]

first comment! Timeline, you rock.

[@blueliesmatter2]

Blah blah second and not caring when it posted just that it did.

[@castleanthrax1833]

You must be so proud.

[@MARKETMAN6789]

You don't hear much about the dolomites these days ,I think theve had their day when people talked about them at tea time and in the pub

[@IverKnackerov]

I came here for history around WW1 battles …not an endless family history

[@TheWolfalpino]

It's in Italian, but check the link below

[@tgbuckley482]

Have you heard of sepp innerkofler? Sepp innerkofler?!?! SEPP INNERKOFLER INNERKOFLER

[@denifnaf5874]

The what?! 17:30

[@gordon-n6s]

The memory and the numbers lost under the most brutal conditions was to be repeated in 1945 with retreating German divisions fighting tooth and nail against advancing American forces and included two young Lieutenants Robert Dole and Daniel Inoway who following severe injuries went on to be elected to the House and Senate from their states. What could possibly have motivated the troups to fight under such conditions and not dessert ??!!

[@mhollman8650]

belief in their Country. BOTH my grandfathers served in WW2. They were proud of where they came from. Today, they roll over in their graves.

[@Scottcurties]

This video must have a record number of ads. Almost unwatchable.

[@WestSideGorilla1980]

My name is DOLOMITE MFR! "im the one that kicked monday into tuesday whipped wensday into Thursday.." Oops wrong Dolomite.😅 "

[@이이-n4z8y]

They need to change the title of this video, it's a biography

[@EB-ri6bb]

Battlefield 4 iirc had a map just I ike this

[@Ukraineaissance2014]

If you go to 4:40 i believe that church festures in battlefield 4

[@ryustreetfighter8722]

1 min 44 seconds is the worst wig ive ever seen 😂

[@Hooibeest2D]

Too bad they made the whole region Italian, even though it went to Italy they could have kept the culture and language intact!

[@alanbuehler3901]

It's still a bilingual region, with German dominating in the Alto Adige region. All the towns have German and Italian names (Brixen/Bressanone, Bozen/Bolzano, etc.). And you'd swear you were in Switzerland, Austria or southern Germany from the buildings and awesome scenery. It's a really beautiful area.

[@carlobrotto7132]

That's what Italian Republic did after WW2, forget Mussolini and his tyrannic policies . Not only in Sudtirol german people can speak their language, but they even get money from Italian governement for this, not talking of the massive amount of fiscal adv. and financial contributions from Rome that made of this region the 2nd wealthiest in the EU after Bavaria ( pro capita incom).

[@Alesxandros]

​@@alanbuehler3901 still italian land ;)

[@hetzertankdestroyer]

Oh trust me those guys up in trieste break our balls all the time about how important their culture is, they have so many benefits over other regions that its actuall insane

[@oliverguidetti7569]

All those towns along the borders my Mum was from Trieste she was tall with blue eyes my Dad from Ventimila and you can see the French in the people even in there food. Salute to you All Silvio Guidetti

[@phillipsugwas]

Best Skiing.Time to give the german speaking areas back to...?

[@carlobrotto7132]

To whom ? Just educate europe's diplomacy, so italian speaking areas can start counting how much money in war reparations they must pretend from austria for igniting the bloodiest war ever...! But I dont think that the sudtirol schutzen got tired of being mantained fatty and reach by all massive money coming from Italian Republic 😊😊

[@TheWolfalpino]

​@@carlobrotto7132I don't really think it's how you say it. From someone that was there (Bozen).

[@vilifijavz3900]

Here were fighting slovenian and italians