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by Knouterer » 13 Dec 2017 10:43
A couple of pictures I took earlier this year at Torbole at the northern end of the Lago di Garda (Lake Garda) in Northern Italy. A Tobruk and an observation post (I think). Rather than removing them as eyesores the local authorities preferred to let them blend into the surroundings, it seems.
Troops of the American 10th Mountain Division carried out an amphibious landing here on 29 April 1945 and the next day the famous Ranger leader, colonel Darby (who by then was second in command of the division), was killed by artillery fire. There is a monument to him and other fallen in front of the local church.
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