. Battlefields of the World War, western and southern fronts; a study in military geography . 496 BATTLEFIELD OF THE TRENTINO Trentino is overwhelmingly Italian, the northern part, orAlto Adige, as the Italians call the upper basin of the Adige(Etsch) River, is as overwhelmingly German, and has been sofor centuries. The fundamental reasons for Italys claim tothe lands of Andreas Hofer and the Tyrolese patriots werepurely strategic, and the historical and other arguments offi-. Fig. 123—New Italian military road zigzagging up a steep precipice on the slope ofMonte Baldo. Several tunnels may be
. Battlefields of the World War, western and southern fronts; a study in military geography . 496 BATTLEFIELD OF THE TRENTINO Trentino is overwhelmingly Italian, the northern part, orAlto Adige, as the Italians call the upper basin of the Adige(Etsch) River, is as overwhelmingly German, and has been sofor centuries. The fundamental reasons for Italys claim tothe lands of Andreas Hofer and the Tyrolese patriots werepurely strategic, and the historical and other arguments offi-. Fig. 123—New Italian military road zigzagging up a steep precipice on the slope ofMonte Baldo. Several tunnels may be noted within the space of a few hundred yards. cially advanced in support of the claim were obviously the claim to the southern Trentino on racial grounds wasvalid, and strong strategic arguments could be adduced tosupport demands for further territory beyond the racial bound-ary. This was sufficient to bring the Trentino into the fieldas a prize of war, as well as a field of maneuver for hostile armies;and, in accordance with the rule if you want a piece of groundyou must sit on it, it was considered highly important thatItalian armies should affirm the right of the kingdom to theterritory in question by doing all that was practicable to conquer STRATEGIC POSITION 497 it. That Austria should dispute the attempted conquest wasinevitable, and hence the two contestants were sure to clashupon the difficult terrain of the Trentine Alps. The Battlefield of the Tr
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