Spending a harsh winter night in a World War I alpine shelter

World War I is infamous for the high number of casualties recorded in the battles on the Western Front.

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Trench warfare is one of the most evocative images of the horror of that war, but there was an even worse scenario: the Italian front, where fighting took place in high mountains, in the Alpine border areas between the Kingdom of Italy and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Italy intended to conquer the Cisalpine Tyrol, as well as Dalmatia, Istria and Trieste. The Italians achieved victory at a brutal price: more than 2 million casualties, compared to 1.4 million casualties for the Austro-Hungarians and Germans.

A few days ago, Andraz Egart posted a video touring one of the areas of this Alpine front. Although the video does not indicate the location, we do see a sign for the Triglav National Park, in Slovenia, specifically in the region known as Slovenian Goriziano. This area is located in the Julian Alps, known as such because they are in the northern part of the Giulia Venezia region, incorporated by Italy at the end of the First World War and today divided between Croatia, Slovenia and Italy:

You can see some screenshots from this video here. It should be noted that walking alone at night on a snow-covered mountain is dangerous, especially in conditions like those seen in the video, with strong winds. This is how the mountain looked when Andraz began his ascent.

A World War I shelter, apparently a sniper's post or perhaps a machine gunner's post.

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A World War I bunker, found by Andraz at night.