26th May 1942
Cartolina Postale
CARTOLINA POSTALE PER LE FORZE ARMATE. Italian 'Posta Militare' postcard sent to an address in Aosta. The design features a German and Italian soldier defending the vulnerable by blocking the encroaching 'monster' (the flags of the United Kingdom, Russia and America can be seen to the lower right). The caption beneath reads, 'L'EUROPA CONTRO L'ANTIEUROPA' (Europeans versus anti-Europeans). Ref: 25.06.1942
'Quando il nemico si sarà convinto che con noi non vi è nulla da fare,
sarà quello per l'Italia il giorno della vittoria'
(Rather confusingly translated as: 'When the enemy is convinced that there is nothing to do with us, that will be the day of victory for Italy'.)
Alpini Battalion 'INTRA'
1st Alpine Division 'Taurinense'
(part of which was)
4th Alpini Regiment of 'Aosta'
(part of which was)
Alpini Battalion 'INTRA'
From Wikipedia:
The division participated in the Italian invasion of France in June 1940. On 21st-22nd June it participated in the attack on the Little St Bernard Pass. At the end of the war against France the division occupied Bourg-Saint-Maurice-Sainte-Foy.
In January 1942 the division landed in Dubrovnik and moved from there to Mostar in Croatia, where it participated in the third Axis anti-Partisan offensive from 15th April to 31st May. The division captured Trnovo, and also reached and blocked Kalinovik where it made contact with elements of the 22nd Infantry Division 'Cacciatori delle Alpi'; but, overall, the offensive was a failure.
In August 1942 the Taurinense moved to Nikšić in Montenegro. A year later the division took part in the fifth Axis anti-Partisan offensive, but did not complete its objectives there either. After the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8th September 1943 most of the division was captured by German forces near Kotor, while the Alpini Battalion 'Ivrea' and Alpine Artillery Group 'Aosta' joined the Yugoslav Partisans and formed the Partisan Division 'Garibaldi'.
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