tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1488878054798413768.post7510745063170167226..comments2023-10-04T02:22:10.133-07:00Comments on The Italian Monarchist: The Elite Italian BersaglieriMadMonarchisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1488878054798413768.post-78826276789987275132019-07-05T07:50:29.183-07:002019-07-05T07:50:29.183-07:00Great summary, thank you.Great summary, thank you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15575596604822918114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1488878054798413768.post-68038186256433353662019-02-15T13:12:54.833-08:002019-02-15T13:12:54.833-08:00I write about my father-in-law that he was a bersi...I write about my father-in-law that he was a bersigliery veteran. Actually he'd 90 years old, lives in Brazil and talk with proud and missing about his italian army's time.<br />It's a great honor to me, a retired brazilian navy officer meet and know history about a great soldier.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00292778446701716038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1488878054798413768.post-575788640956416272016-04-08T23:04:25.870-07:002016-04-08T23:04:25.870-07:00In regards to book writing mentioned; ha anyone co...In regards to book writing mentioned; ha anyone covered the italian POW's in UtahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1488878054798413768.post-9857152920598959502013-09-05T00:49:48.824-07:002013-09-05T00:49:48.824-07:00Sorry for my late response. Good luck in your book...Sorry for my late response. Good luck in your book. There were some Italians held prisoner not far from where I live as well, unfortunately, they were Italian-American citizens rather than soldiers. It was one of the major "internment camps" that FDR set up and, contrary to what some people believe, it was not only Japanese-Americans who were sent there (though they were the majority) but German and Italian-Americans as well. Again, good luck on your book.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1488878054798413768.post-59419676852956748842013-08-11T18:07:18.905-07:002013-08-11T18:07:18.905-07:00So glad to have found your site. My Italian relati...So glad to have found your site. My Italian relatives come from the Piedmont region (near Turin, a small town called Volpiano) and I know there are still many there. My great-grandfather came to America in 1908. I found your site, though, by looking up the Bersaglieri. I am writing a book on the POW camps of Nebraska during WW2. Italian POWs were kept in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, and according to an article I found from 1943, they were Bersaglieri. I didn't even know about these crack Italian units, but to know they are from my home region makes it even more interesting, especially since my grandfather used to bring those Italian POWs out to my great-grandfather's farm to work. <br /><br />Looking forward to delving more into this site and learning about this region of Italy.Melissa Amateishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16086267508858187716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1488878054798413768.post-48566952912598691722012-07-13T09:44:30.664-07:002012-07-13T09:44:30.664-07:00Theft? I would say dishonorable or disgrace to my ...Theft? I would say dishonorable or disgrace to my country's monarchical heritage and history. The democrats and republicans are very hypocritical. For example. Look at any provincia or comune and you will see monarchical insignia and heraldry . Look at my hometown, Salerno (http://www.provincia.salerno.it/ - http://www.comune.salerno.it/), and you will find a crown. The democrats and republicans despise monarchy. Yet they want to keep its insignia "to preserve" our history. The democrats and republicans do not want the Italian monarchy restored, but they will keep its monarchical insignia and heraldry elsewhere in my country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1488878054798413768.post-3805179920807251222012-07-12T23:28:16.505-07:002012-07-12T23:28:16.505-07:00And today is the anniversary of the Carabinieri. A...And today is the anniversary of the Carabinieri. All the iconic Italian military forces have royal roots and seeing them defaced by republican insignia seems almost like theft to me. The Carabinieri have a noble history behind them and at the end of World War II suffered a great deal for being loyal to the King rather than Mussolini. They fought a hopeless battle trying to keep the Germans from taking over and many were sent to concentration camps because Hitler deemed them too royalist to be trusted. Something they can be proud of.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1488878054798413768.post-87166674949561866902012-07-12T07:56:01.752-07:002012-07-12T07:56:01.752-07:00The Bersaglieri are an awesome military force, ind...The Bersaglieri are an awesome military force, indeed. But I, personally, will always favor l'Arma dei Carabinieri. The Carabinieri have a very prestigious and honorable history. My fellow Italians, of all stripes, have the utmost respect for the Carabinieri, which is ironic among democrat and republican Italians since the Carabinieri were created by King Vittorio Emanuele I. Il re ed i Carabinieri!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com