1917: the Italian Army hopes to capture at Trieste, but Austria-Hungary deploys the newly established “Sturmtruppen” to protect the port-city.
ONE OF TRIESTE’S FORGOTTEN HEROES: EGON LERCH
Breaking through limits, attacking when it seemed impossible, never giving up: lieutenant Lerch was among the the most praised submariners.
THE DISPUTED BORDER
12 March [2016]: the Free Trieste Movement’s sit-ins on the border of State between Free Territory of Trieste and Italy have started!
ISONZO FRONT, 25 NOVEMBER 1915
Captain Gawaloski’s battalion counterattacks despite being outnumbered 1:10 by the Italians: the battalion resists until the 17ᵗʰ Honvéd regiment arrives.
HERMADA: THE FREE TERRITORY’S HOLY MOUNTAIN
If there is a place that perfectly represents the sacrality of the present-day Free Territory of Trieste’s border, that place Mountain Hermada’s range.
ITALIAN AIR RAIDS AGAINST TRIESTE FROM 1915 TO 1917
A little known aspect of the First World War regards the Italian air raids against Trieste, then first port of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire.