. Battlefields of the World War, western and southern fronts; a study in military geography . , through the lower bench to thePiedmont plain; while the Brenta River on leaving the ValSugana corridor turns sharply southward through a wild gorgebetween the Asiago plateau and the Grappa massif to reach theplain at Bassano. These were dangerous gateways from Austriainto Italy, the last-mentioned being guarded by the famous for-tress of Primolano. It was the Italian positions on the MonteBaldo-Pasubio-Grappa mountain barrier which protected thePiedmont plain to the south from invasion during the Wo
. Battlefields of the World War, western and southern fronts; a study in military geography . , through the lower bench to thePiedmont plain; while the Brenta River on leaving the ValSugana corridor turns sharply southward through a wild gorgebetween the Asiago plateau and the Grappa massif to reach theplain at Bassano. These were dangerous gateways from Austriainto Italy, the last-mentioned being guarded by the famous for-tress of Primolano. It was the Italian positions on the MonteBaldo-Pasubio-Grappa mountain barrier which protected thePiedmont plain to the south from invasion during the WorldWar. In respect to this barrier the plain with its railwaysystem takes the place of a natural corridor supplying lateralcommunications. ADIGE TRENCH 517 THE ADIGE TRENCH All of the mountain barriers, as well as all of the lateral corri-dors, are cut transversely near the central zone by the greatnorth-south Adige trench (Fig. 122 and PI. XI, B) and its continua-tion as the valley of the Sill north of the Brenner Pass. Throughthis main north-south trench runs the Brenner railway, giving. Fig. 137—The Konigspitze, part of the glacier-clad Ortler group forming the loftymountain barrier between the Vintschgau and Noce corridors in the Trentino. access to, and connecting with most of the railways in, the lateralcorridors. Manifestly the three vitally important elements in themilitary geography of this section of the Alps are the four east-west mountain barriers, the four east-west lateral corridors, andthe one main north-south transverse trench. Of secondary im-portance are the minor north-south connecting trenches. MILITARY STRENGTH OF THE TRENTINE BARRIERS To a remarkable degree the Battlefield of the Trentine Alpsfulfills the requirements of the ideal defensive terrain as summa- 518 BATTLEFIELD OF THE TRENTINO
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