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Title: Remains of WWI soldiers found in Italian Alps
Post by: steve58 on January 17, 2014, 09:45:30 AM

Sadly, they still find bodies from the Great War every so often...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-one/10562017/Melting-glaciers-in-northern-Italy-reveal-corpses-of-WW1-soldiers.html

Title: Re: Remains of WWI soldiers found in Italian Alps
Post by: Martok on January 17, 2014, 10:39:03 AM

Incredible. Thanks for the link steve.

Title: Re: Remains of WWI soldiers found in Italian Alps
Post by: TheCommandTent on January 17, 2014, 01:32:24 PM

Quote from: Martok on January 17, 2014, 10:39:03 AM
Incredible. Thanks for the link steve.

Title: Re: Remains of WWI soldiers found in Italian Alps
Post by: Gusington on January 17, 2014, 01:55:46 PM

Very eerie. RIP

Title: Re: Remains of WWI soldiers found in Italian Alps
Post by: ComradeP on January 18, 2014, 03:15:17 AM

It's nearly inevitable, with melting snow and corpses buried during rockslides being revealed by more rock movement. It is unlikely that all the corpes will ever be uncovered in such terrain.

Title: Re: Remains of WWI soldiers found in Italian Alps
Post by: Gusington on January 18, 2014, 12:14:28 PM

^On that level I am certain that the total losses on the Italian - Austrian front will never really be known.

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