Memorials City Walls Verona

There are several memorial plaques on the city walls on Piazza Bra, next to the Palazzo della Gran Guardia on Via degli Alpini.

Monument to the 6th Alpine Regiment

An imposing bronze plaque on a granite block commemorates the fallen, "The Eagles of the 6th Alpine Regiment".
In front of the monument is a granite block on which are listed some of the names of Alpine divisions.
"Taurinense – Tridentina – Julia – Cuneense – Pusteria
Alpi gray
1940-45
A.N.A. VERONA
31.1.1965"

Plaque for the Knights of Vittorio Veneto

Wall plaque with inscription in memory of the Knights of Vittorio Veneto, fighters of the First World War. The stone is enriched with decorations depicting war scenes: central helmet, trees and soldiers on the sides.
It is a work by the Veronese sculptor Arsenio De Bortoli

"An eternal memory of
the heroic Knights of the Order of Vittorio Veneto
those in the victorious war
from 1915-1918
completed the unification of Italy.

The Veronese
Federation
of the Order
in the year 1991 "

Plaque for those killed in the Battle of El Alamein

Marble plaque commemorating the sacrifice of those who fought in the battle of El Alamein. At the top left is the coat of arms of Verona.
With this memorial plaque, the city wants to set an example to new generations.

"The city of Verona
mindful of the many of her children
who sacrificed themselves in the war of the desert.
Points out the new generations
on the example of heroic devotion
and faithful to the duty of the
fallen of the epic battle
at El Alamein.
23/X – 6/XI 1942"

The Second Battle of El Alamein took place between October 23 and November 3, 1942 during the North African Campaign of World War II. The battle was fought between the Axis powers of the Italian-German Armored Army led by Field Marshal Erwin Rommel and the British Eighth Army of General Bernard Law Montgomery.
Field Marshal Rommel's Italo-German armored army was eventually pushed back. The British victory in this battle marked the turning point in the North African campaign, which ended in May 1943 with the final surrender of the Axis powers in Tunisia.

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Marie-Christine Vinck