I used to go on vacation there for many years. I’ve often thought how impossible it would be to invade against a prepared defense along that route.
On a positive note, it’s always nice to see the Italian tourists walking through the old immigration post on the border to get their morning papers. Just a taste of normality and peace…
![Italian soldiers carrying a wounded comrade during the fighting in Menton, France, June 1940 [1420 x 1300]](https://i.redd.it/la7bc6v9qjw41.jpg)
Lavrentio2LaVendetta
From Archivio Centrale dello Stato (State Central Archive).
mcnugsss
I was looking for the pineapple pizza joke then I realized this was the wrong sub
Psyqlone
… the first major Italian engagement of World War II and the last major engagement of the Battle of France.
guino27
I used to go on vacation there for many years. I’ve often thought how impossible it would be to invade against a prepared defense along that route.
On a positive note, it’s always nice to see the Italian tourists walking through the old immigration post on the border to get their morning papers. Just a taste of normality and peace…