WWI In The Alps, How Bad Was It?

[Lucky13]

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[Sisu]

I wonder what OSHA would have to say about all this...

Those boys don't have a lot of clothing for those conditions.

It was bad...

 

[Lucky13]

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[Lucky13]

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[Lucky13]

Skoda 75mm?

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[Lucky13]

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[Lucky13]

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[Lucky13]

Well, will you look at that!

 

[Lucky13]

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[EwenS]

Background to the WW1 Italian campaigns here. Death by avalanche seems to have been almost great a threat asvthevenemy.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_front_(World_War_I).

 

[GTX]

View: https://youtu.be/UZ4CJ9f-JEc?si=H7nR1x7TO1D5dh7E

 

[Airframes]

Sod that for a game of soldiers, I'll stick with the Paras - lot easier and not as bl**dy dangerous !!"

 

[buffnut453]

There's a chap over on the Great War Forum who's made multiple visits to alpine battlefields from that conflict. A few of his amazing photos are in this thread:

Extreme Battlefield Tour

Some photos from my recent trip to the battlefields of the Carnic Alps and the Adamello, on the Italian Front. The climb up to the 15cm howitzer on Cresta Croce was more than 5600ft in one day (it nearly killed me). Well worth the trip, though.

www.greatwarforum.org

 

[Capt. Vick]

There seems to be little or no snow now....