tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post6493579537964336582..comments2024-03-16T01:00:19.876-05:00Comments on The Mad Monarchist: The Truth About the Italian War RecordMadMonarchisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-28662942864680491932018-12-06T15:11:06.381-06:002018-12-06T15:11:06.381-06:00Read this New York Times article on Italian sodier...Read this New York Times article on Italian sodiers WW1<br />http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9801E0DC1E3FE432A25755C1A9619C946395D6CFAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02096577375218572868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-87022045825071044552017-09-14T15:54:05.857-05:002017-09-14T15:54:05.857-05:00me toome tooAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977431807890089587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-25052723050851537402017-06-27T13:49:55.330-05:002017-06-27T13:49:55.330-05:00I am so glad to have found this.I am so glad to have found this.jadon355https://www.blogger.com/profile/09389548539688909937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-25780876579470015142017-04-06T14:55:29.237-05:002017-04-06T14:55:29.237-05:00You must be joking. Either that or you have never ...You must be joking. Either that or you have never read the Austrian ultimatum to Serbia. They were after *far* more than the leadership of an assassination plot. Nor did Serbia refuse to cooperate and voice support for the murderers as the Taliban did. Serbia agreed to all but one of the 10 demands thanks to pressure from Russia.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-68537083507779263822017-04-06T08:28:56.748-05:002017-04-06T08:28:56.748-05:00MadMonarchist
Osama did not literaly carry out 9/1...MadMonarchist<br />Osama did not literaly carry out 9/11. He was the leadership behind the plot. Equally the Austrians were after the leadership of the terrorist attack on the Royal Family.Political Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01771678289959207419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-64466739528729570612015-05-28T22:53:32.271-05:002015-05-28T22:53:32.271-05:00And dont froget the Italian Naval victories of Ope...And dont froget the Italian Naval victories of Operation Harpoon and Operation Agreement in 1942, and they played a major role in the Gazla battles and fall of Torburk.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185402193717097550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-69776105967191578252015-04-06T04:50:57.688-05:002015-04-06T04:50:57.688-05:00Such attitudes display the brilliance of the Briti...Such attitudes display the brilliance of the British. That was exactly the goal of the anti-Italian propaganda, which those who had fought them knew perfectly well to be false, but which was put out to encourage Italo-German animosity and drive a wedge between the Axis powers. For a more professional view from Germany:<br /><br />"Before the days of Mussolini, Italy was not averse to war. How otherwise could it have successfully borne the heavy and protracted battles of the Isonzo during the First World War? Piedmont is the cradle of Italy’s military prowess. With the exception of Prussia, no dynasty was ever as militant as the House of Savoy. It was the campaigns of the Piedmontese battalions that unified Italy, thereby fulfilling the dreams of many generations. Everywhere the memorials bore witness to this fact.<br /> <br /> "At Turin and in that neighborhood were a number of military schools. The Peidmontese nobility, like the Prussian one, put service in the army on a higher plane than any other service to the state. The discipline was good. In Piedmont there were also many alpine units, the best that the Italian Army could produce---proud, quiet, outwardly not very disciplined troops, but reliable types, brought up the heard way, accustomed to camping in the eternal snows with only the barest supplies. They were magnificent soldiers, to whose pride and modesty I paid tribute whenever I happened to encounter an Alpino. The Navy, too, was good, though I had few contacts with it."<br /><br />-From the book "Neither Hope Nor Fear" by the commander of the German XIV Panzer Corps, General Frido von Senger und Etterlin who was responsible for the defense of Monte Cassino and the Gustav Line, who had also earlier fought in the defense of Sicily.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-22881621558260028632015-04-05T23:41:50.512-05:002015-04-05T23:41:50.512-05:00Grandpa served in 12th Waffen-SS HJ during the war...Grandpa served in 12th Waffen-SS HJ during the war. He wasn't too favorable of Italian soldiers (albeit liked the country / culture), but then he had little personal contact with the soldiers. There were lots of jokes told among the troops which would also foster a certain view on Italian troops. ("Wanna buy an Italian rifle? Just one time dropped!") For most German soldiers it would seem that the Italians start an operation, then can't handle it alone and then call for German assistance. That might or might not be true, I cannot judge. But I am sure that among our past allies there were many brave men fighting against the overwhelming enemy and giving all they got. May their courage never be forgotten!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-32394060610675919732015-03-29T14:13:50.043-05:002015-03-29T14:13:50.043-05:00Excellent post. The Italian reputation is very und...Excellent post. The Italian reputation is very undeserved.Matthew Celestinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02874430461346560520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-88891288815917170712015-03-29T10:06:23.074-05:002015-03-29T10:06:23.074-05:00Well, not exactly the same terms at all. Austria-H...Well, not exactly the same terms at all. Austria-Hungary already had Princip in custody, that's not what their ultimatum to Serbia was about. Secondly, the treaty ending the war with Austria, which assigned guilt to Austria for starting the war, was negotiated by the PM of France, not the President of the United States. The USA never ratified the treaty at all. The U.S. signed its own treaty with Austria in 1921 and actually assisted Austria in paying the reparations demanded by the other Allies.<br /><br />The Taliban was harboring a terrorist that killed thousands of innocent people. The U.S. demanded he be turned over, the Taliban refused and even voiced support for his actions. They got what they deserved.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-42164137565045154832015-03-29T07:50:50.775-05:002015-03-29T07:50:50.775-05:00For the Soviets, this is not too surprising as it ...<i>For the Soviets, this is not too surprising as it was a monstrous regime that committed many monstrous crimes but for Britain, under Churchill, to invade a neutral country because of military necessity in a wider war after going to war with the German Empire in the First World War for doing exactly the same in regard to Belgium shows an obvious double-standard.</i><br /><br />As mentioned in my letter to Bush, so does posing an ultimatum to the Taliban régime involving exactly same terms about Osama Ben Laden as the ultimatum of Austria to Serbia involved about Gavril Princip. After his predecessor insisting on War Guilt due to that ultimatum.Hans Georg Lundahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01055583255516264955noreply@blogger.com