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Italian troops marching into the mountains where Italy fought much of its war against Austria-Hungary. A poster postcard encouraging the purchase of war bonds yielding 5.55%. Text: Sottoscrivete Subscribe Reverse: In questa, come in altre guerre del passato, la vittoria più lunga resistenza finanziaria. Non resiste più a lungo il popolo più ricco, solo perchè tale: l'esercito non consuma infatti terreni, case fabbriche, macchine, ferrovie. Resiste il popolo, il quale, mentre sa spingere al massimo la sua produttività, è altresi capace di rinunciare, nella proporzione maggiore possibile, all'uso %i1%privato%i0% dei prodotti dei campi e delle fabbriche e dei servigi delle ferrovie, delle navi e degli altri mezzi de transporto e trasmette allo Stato, mediante imposte e prestiti, il diritto di valersi di quei prodotti e servigi per la condotta della guerra. Il lavoro ed il risparmio: ecco i soli mezzi che possono economicamente darci la vittoria. %i1%Sottoscrivere al Prestito Nazionale è dunque una necessità economica oltrecchè un dovere patriottico.%i0% Prof. Luigi Einaudi. La Banca Commerciale Italiana riserva le maggiori facilitazioni ai sottoscrittori della nuova Rendita Consolidata 5%; Reddito 5.55% Reverse: In this, as in other wars of the past, victory goes to the greatest financial strength . This is no longer just for the richest people, because the army does not consume only land, homes, factories, machines, railways. But also for the people, who, even while they increase productivity, shall also be able to give up, to the greatest possible extent, %i1%'private'%i0% use of the products of the fields and factories and of the services of the railways, of ships and other means of transportation, and transmit to the state, through taxes and loans, the right to make use of those products and services for the conduct of the war. The work and the savings here is the only means that can bring us victory. %i1% Subscribe to the Nati

Italian troops marching into the mountains where Italy fought much of its war against Austria-Hungary. A poster postcard encouraging the purchase of war bonds yielding 5.55%.

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In questa, come in altre guerre del passato, la vittoria più lunga resistenza finanziaria. Non resiste più a lungo il popolo più ricco, solo perchè tale: l'esercito non consuma infatti terreni, case fabbriche, macchine, ferrovie. Resiste il popolo, il quale, mentre sa spingere al massimo la sua produttività, è altresi capace di rinunciare, nella proporzione maggiore possibile, all'uso privato dei prodotti dei campi e delle fabbriche e dei servigi delle ferrovie, delle navi e degli altri mezzi de transporto e trasmette allo Stato, mediante imposte e prestiti, il diritto di valersi di quei prodotti e servigi per la condotta della guerra.

Il lavoro ed il risparmio: ecco i soli mezzi che possono economicamente darci la vittoria.

Sottoscrivere al Prestito Nazionale è dunque una necessità economica oltrecchè un dovere patriottico.

Prof. Luigi Einaudi.

La Banca Commerciale Italiana riserva le maggiori facilitazioni ai sottoscrittori della nuova Rendita Consolidata 5%; Reddito 5.55%



In this, as in other wars of the past, victory goes to the greatest financial strength . This is no longer just for the richest people, because the army does not consume only land, homes, factories, machines, railways. But also for the people, who, even while they increase productivity, shall also be able to give up, to the greatest possible extent, 'private' use of the products of the fields and factories and of the services of the railways, of ships and other means of transportation, and transmit to the state, through taxes and loans, the right to make use of those products and services for the conduct of the war.

The work and the savings here is the only means that can bring us victory.

Subscribe to the National Loan which is an economic necessity as well as a patriotic duty.

Prof. Luigi Einaudi.

The Italian Commercial Bank reserves the greater facilities to the subscribers of the new

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Wednesday, December 13, 1916

"Alpine conditions exposed the wretched lack of adequate equipment. What was uncomfortable on the Carso could be lethal in the mountains. The lack of camouflage in the first winter was fatal for many: the grey-green uniforms made perfect silhouettes. Winter climbing is now a sport; before the First World War it was unknown, so even the specialist mountain troops had few techniques to minimise the discomforts and dangers, from snow-blindness to avalanches, known as 'white death'. The former could be prevented with the use of slitted aluminium goggles. Against the latter, nothing could afford protection except experience and prudence, both in short supply. It is estimated that the white death killed more soldiers on the Alpine front than bullets or shells. On one day alone, 13 December 1916, known as White Friday, some 10,000 soldiers perished in avalanches."

Quotation Context

By December 1916, the Italians had already launched nine Battles of the Isonzo against Austria-Hungary in Italy's northeast. The war was also fought in the mountains along the border, mountains that favored the Austro-Hungarian defenders who held higher ground. The Carso Plateau was north of the Austro-Hungarian port of Trieste, which was one of Italy's objectives in the war, in part because of its large ethnic Italian population.

Source

The White War: Life and Death on the Italian Front, 1915-1919 by Mark Thompson, page 204, copyright © 2008 Mark Thompson, publisher: Basic Books, publication date: 2009

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1916-12-13, 1916, December, avalanche, White Friday, snow