Da "Lo Schermo" del 04-12-2010 riportiamo l'articolo di Nazareno Giusti
Tradotta in inglese la storia della Battaglia di Natale in Valle del Serchio
12/04/2010
/ Facts & figures / Nazarene Giusti
Barga (Lucca), November 27 - In the life of some of us are special days when news arrived that we would never have expected, coming suddenly, as happened to Lt. Col. Lino Vittorio Biondi who came back from the mission in Afghanistan, opening his mail, found a surprising mail sent to him by Mrs. Anne Leslie Saunders , Research Associate Professor at the Department of Classics College of Charleston (USA) author of a guidebook in English that is the War in Italy Modiale ( A Travel Guide to World War II Sites in Italy ) and an important site on the topic: www.travelguidepress.com .
Professor U.S., in addition to pay his compliments for his work, asked the military to be able to translate his book "The Battle of Sommocolonia ," published in 2007 with assets and a reprint published at 'inside the book "Operation Wintergewitter " the historian David Del Giudice .
The teacher became aware of the book on the Battle of Christmas thanks to Dr. James Pratt that it was in May he had gone to Sommocolonia to visit the places where his father, captain of the II Battalion of the 366th (the only African American regiment with officers, ed) 92nd Division of Buffalo, had fought since November of '44 to April '45.
Confess Biondi: " E 'was exciting and really nice to read the request of Dr. Leslie Anne, was equal to the satisfaction that I had to receive two emails from the Italian Embassy in Vienna and transcribing a communication received from a professor of Austrian history that complimented the book in that ... 'Accurate, truthful, honest and above all without bitterness'. It means that we have worked well, and this counts at the end. Just two beautiful awards, and then contrasted even more rewarding. "
But because the United States there is this great attention to this little battle?
" Strong consideration is essentially due to the fact that it is the only operational activity of a certain level that took place in the 'sub-sector of the western Valle del Serchio.' When we speak of the Gothic Line, essentially means the big battle , hard and bloody, which took place in Rimini in the Adriatic, and which lasted throughout the summer of '44 until late October with many casualties on both sides. Here, in the western sector, the battles were much more limited, in particular the operation is the only true 'Wintergewitter' Winter storm, which began in temporary difficulties the Allies, forcing a rapid change in the structure and forces on the ground. African Americans live so the memory of this battle, which has seen them in trouble, with a strong sense of memory and passion of those who shared a particularly bad time. They fought with honor, but were defeated by the force of the overwhelming forces of the Axis. Although it was a fleeting victory, which lasted two days: on the third day were already shooting the old positions. Following this unfortunate time for the 92nd Division Buffalo, there was a strong internal reorganization that saw significant improvement in the policy which had to deal with racial African-American soldiers daily, in addition to normal contrast against enemy forces as well described in the documentary film of Fred Kuwornu , 'Inside Buffalo' .
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