"The lost platoon: the forgotten story of fifteen Italian-" Topic
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| Tango01 | 15 Jan 2022 8:53 p.m. PST |
…american heroes in the World War 2 "March 26, 1944. A Sunday in Lent. The sun is setting down on the thin line of the horizon dividing the dark sea from the silver blue sky. There is a small piazza in the town of Ameglia and under the tower of the castle, ablaze with the rays of the setting sun, a handful of kids is kicking a ball, their favorite weekend pastime. And as usual, off-duty German soldiers based in the nearby Villa Angelo stroll by in dribs and drabs, and play a ball game with the kids. Athletic vigorvs clever dynamism. The Italian children win the match. The young Nazis, as if making up for the loss, start explaining, through gestures, that they had defeated fifteen Italian-American soldiers that morning. "Kaputt", they boast, miming the shooting gesture and pointing to the woods of Punta Bianca, between the town and the other sea side…."
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 Legion 4  | 16 Jan 2022 1:43 p.m. PST |
Always very sad when brave men are executed by their captors. But happened far too often during WWII. May they RIP … |
| Tango01 | 17 Jan 2022 3:18 p.m. PST |
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