1917: the Italian Army hopes to capture at Trieste, but Austria-Hungary deploys the newly established “Sturmtruppen” to protect the port-city.

1917: the Italian Army hopes to capture at Trieste, but Austria-Hungary deploys the newly established “Sturmtruppen” to protect the port-city.
The Hermada, unconquered stronghold of the Austrian-Hungarian WWI defense line, is like an island emerging from the souther Karst plateau…
From June 11th to the 12th, 2016, Free Trieste is holding its fourth sit-in at the border of State of the Free Territory of Trieste with the Italian Republic.
12 March [2016]: the Free Trieste Movement’s sit-ins on the border of State between Free Territory of Trieste and Italy have started!
Trieste, 11 March 2016. – Free Trieste is restoring the road signs on the 2 border crossings of the short State border between Trieste (FTT) and Italy.
Captain Gawaloski’s battalion counterattacks despite being outnumbered 1:10 by the Italians: the battalion resists until the 17ᵗʰ Honvéd regiment arrives.