even Italian volunteers decided on 29 July 1914 to join the Serbian army respond- ing to a proclamation made by the son of Giuseppe Garibaldi, Ricciotti. They were Repub- licans and Anarchists, and saw their engagement as the advance party of Italian volunteers that would eventually force Italy to join the ranks of Entente in order to accomplish the last phase of the Italian Risorgimento by liberating, Trento and Venezia Giulia with the city of Trieste. Unfortunately five of them died in the fist fight they engaged in on Drina river, while the last two returned soon afterwards to Italy. Nevertheless, their memory was honoured as the first Italian participants in the Great War and as the tangible proof of the Italian engagement in favour of Serbia, and later Yugoslavia.
D'Alessandri, A. (2018). Italian Volunteers in Serbia in 1914. BALCANICA, XLIX, 17-27 [10.2298/BALC1849017A].
Italian Volunteers in Serbia in 1914
D'ALESSANDRI
2018-01-01
Abstract
even Italian volunteers decided on 29 July 1914 to join the Serbian army respond- ing to a proclamation made by the son of Giuseppe Garibaldi, Ricciotti. They were Repub- licans and Anarchists, and saw their engagement as the advance party of Italian volunteers that would eventually force Italy to join the ranks of Entente in order to accomplish the last phase of the Italian Risorgimento by liberating, Trento and Venezia Giulia with the city of Trieste. Unfortunately five of them died in the fist fight they engaged in on Drina river, while the last two returned soon afterwards to Italy. Nevertheless, their memory was honoured as the first Italian participants in the Great War and as the tangible proof of the Italian engagement in favour of Serbia, and later Yugoslavia.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
