Italian army announces removal of WWI munitions cache
1 Oct 27 · 12d ago · 4 articles · 2 posts · 4 sources · development 1 of 1
The Italian military issued a statement confirming the discovery and safe removal of the weapons from the white war, fought between 1915 and 1918 across the Dolomites and Alps between Austro-Hungarian and Italian forces.
“In recent years, at the end of each summer, these dangerous artefacts emerge and each year there is a higher number.”
Stefano MorosiniJulia Alpine Brigade Italian military unitStefano Morosini Professor, University of Bergamo; coordinator, Stelvio national park heritage projects
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first by Mezha.net, 12d ago · also Guardian, CNN, NY Post, Smithsonian
5 more headlines
- 250 First World War munitions recovered from Italian glaciers UA.NEWS · 12d ago
- Melting glaciers in Dolomites reveal cache of first world war munitions The Guardian · 12d ago
- Hundreds of World War I munitions exposed by melting ice removed from Dolomites CNN · 10d ago
- Hundreds of World War I-era munitions discovered in the Italian Dolomites NY Post · 8d ago
- Melting Ice in the Italian Dolomites Exposes Hundreds of World War I Munitions, Vestiges of the Vertiginous 'White War' Smithsonian · 6d ago
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first by Independent UK, 11d ago · also Times of India, The Independent
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- World War bombs still haunt Europe as Italy finds 250 munitions in melting glaciers Times of India · 10d ago
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first by Gizmodo, 12d ago
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The rapid retreat of glaciers in the Dolomites has exposed a large amount of unexploded First World War shells and mortar bombs. The ordnance was spotted by hikers and defused by the Italian army’s Julia Alpine brigade. (By Angela Giuffrida for @theguardian.com)
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