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Sergio Natali · 11-04-2015, 03:47 AM

Briefly since I don't want to bore anybody, both my grandfathers were in the Italian Army in WWI and fought against the Austrians, they both got injured, and one of them (my father's dad was a "bersagliere" light infantry with rooster feathers on their hats) received also a bronze medal to the valour for saving a group of his comrades.
My father (born in 1920) at the beginning of the WWII was on the border with France ad soon after sent to "occupy" (simply ridiculous) the South of France where he remained until the Armistice of September 8 1943. After that day even the Army fell apart and they came back to Italy.
In the meantime the German army here sequestered all the weapons and became "occupying troops", the dictator Mussolini was taken prisoner by the King , and in two words a Civil War started: Fascists on one side and non-fascists on the other.
My father like many others didn't have many choices: decided to join the Partisans and took refuge on our mountains.
So in my case there were no "high ranking" people, just plain history written by common people that rebuilt this Country after the war.

Kind regards to all

11-04-2015, 03:47 AM	#10
Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,087 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	Briefly since I don't want to bore anybody, both my grandfathers were in the Italian Army in WWI and fought against the Austrians, they both got injured, and one of them (my father's dad was a "bersagliere" light infantry with rooster feathers on their hats) received also a bronze medal to the valour for saving a group of his comrades. My father (born in 1920) at the beginning of the WWII was on the border with France ad soon after sent to "occupy" (simply ridiculous) the South of France where he remained until the Armistice of September 8 1943. After that day even the Army fell apart and they came back to Italy. In the meantime the German army here sequestered all the weapons and became "occupying troops", the dictator Mussolini was taken prisoner by the King , and in two words a Civil War started: Fascists on one side and non-fascists on the other. My father like many others didn't have many choices: decided to join the Partisans and took refuge on our mountains. So in my case there were no "high ranking" people, just plain history written by common people that rebuilt this Country after the war. Kind regards to all __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list. Last edited by Sergio Natali; 11-04-2015 at 08:46 AM.