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La Grande Guerra: ITALIAN REPARTI d'ASSALTO (ARDITI) (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | The Arditi began their advance toward the first-line trench during the artillery barrage and normally got to within a few yards of where the shells were falling before signaling the artillery to lengthen their fire onto the second-line trench. |
 | | The Arditi were a group of heavily armed, highly trained, highly motivated, cocky young men with outstanding morale and it comes as no surprise that many in the Italian Army, including the Officer Corps viewed them with a mixture of respect, admiration and fear. |
 | | [1] "Arditi" is the plural firm of the adjective "ardito". |
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