The Melting Of This Alpine Glacier Exposed Something Surprising

Published on 06/03/2022
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Nothing As Arduous As This

In 1917, writer E. Alexander Powell wrote in the New York World about how difficult it was for the soldiers who fought in the White War. “On no front, not on the sun-scorched plains of Mesopotamia, nor in the frozen Mazurian marshes, nor in the blood-soaked mud of Flanders,” he said.

Nothing As Arduous As This

Nothing As Arduous As This

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It Was Finally Coming To An End

The Italians attempted an attack on the Tonale Pass, forty kilometres from Mount Scorluzzo, in November 1918. It was a huge success. The army defeated Austro-Hungary, and the rest of the Allied powers followed suit. Within two weeks, the First World War had come to an end.

It Was Finally Coming To An End

It Was Finally Coming To An End

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