21/09/15  |  History
September 1870: The invisible sailors of Porta Pia
The Chancelleries of Europe have gone mad and encrypted telegrams are chasing each other across the continent. For the past month, the war declared by Paris in Berlin has overturned all ...
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21/09/15  |  History
21 September 1915: war bulletin
"We have the following details on the attack made by the French submarine Papin, aggregated with our naval forces, against a group of Austrian torpedoes spotted at ...
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19/09/15  |  History
19 September 1863: Delivered the King of Italy
Saturday - In New York the new Italian armored frigate King of Italy built on a project by Ing. Webb owner of the homonymous yard where ...
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16/09/15  |  History
16 September 1866: The siege of Palermo begins
Sunday - In Palermo Bourbon and clerical revolutionary elements take over the city and reduce the few government troops of garrison within limited areas ...
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15/09/15  |  History
15 September 1916: First submarine sunk by plane
Friday - French submarine Foucault (commander, vessel lieutenant Devin) lurking in the waters of Kotor, 12 sighting SSO Remo spearheads from two ...
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14/09/15  |  History
14 September 1942: attack of the English at the Italian base of Tobruch
The German-Italian Army is in El Alamein. One more leap and the war in Africa will be over. Put on the ropes, the British command of the Middle East decides to attack, with a '...
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14/09/15  |  History
14 September 1906: First submarine to great naval maneuvers
Friday - The submarine Delfino under the command of the vessel lieutenant Ludovico de Filippi moves from Venice to Taranto who will reach the 22 with the tugboat's escort ...
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13/09/15  |  History
13 September 1915: war bulletin
"The French submarine Papin, attached to our naval forces, torpedoed the current 9 day in the middle Adriatic, at Cape Planka, a group of Austrian torpedo boats, ...
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13/09/15  |  History
13 September 1881: Last unit in service in Tunis to provide assistance and protection to the Italian colony
Tuesday - The battleship Castelfidardo under the command of vessel captain Augusto Conti sails from Naples to Sfax where ...
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12/09/15  |  History
12 September 1909: First Italian airplane pilot license
Sunday - On the Centocelle airfield after a six-hour practical training on a Flyer aircraft of ...
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11/09/15  |  History
11 September 1907: Regina Elena ship enters service
Wednesday - The battleship Regina comes into service at the command of captain Giovanni Boet in La Spezia ...
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11/09/15  |  History
11 September 1900: The Polar Star concludes the Arctic campaign
Tuesday - The Stella Polare schooner enters Kristiania concluding the Arctic campaign. Important ...
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10/09/15  |  History
10 September 1873: Return of Vettor Pisani from his first circumnavigation of the globe
Wednesday - The propeller corvette Vettor Pisani under the command of frigate captain Giuseppe Lovera di Maria returns to ...
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09/09/15  |  History
09 September 1915: The Marina on the Isonzo
Thursday - The "Artillery Regiment of the Lower Isonzo" is established with departments and artillery of the Navy that ...
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08/09/15  |  History
09 September 1943: the Aliseo company, from seven against one to one against seven
Bastia, Corsica, 8 September afternoon 1943: in the small port numerous Italian and German ships are moored ...
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07/09/15  |  History
07 September 1916: Aeronautical services at the Ministry of War but the Navy commands at sea
Thursday - The Army and Navy aeronautical services are united under the action and dependence of the ministry ...
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05/09/15  |  History
05 September 1914: First ship sunk by submarine
Saturday - British explorer Pathfinder sinks in the North Sea by the German submarine U-21 (...
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03/09/15  |  History
03 September 1896: Accident at sea during blackout lantern exercises
Thursday - During the night between the 3 and the 4 during a tinted headlight exercise in the waters of the island of ...
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02/09/15  |  History
02 September 2006: Leaves Operation
The naval formation composed of the aircraft carrier Garibaldi, the San Marco landing craft and the Espero frigate (departing from ...
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02/09/15  |  History
02 September 1880: Demonstration of force against the Ottoman Empire
Thursday - The 2a Division (battleships Palestro and Rome, warning Marcantonio Colonna) of the Permanent Team set sail ...
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Tribute (due) to the 80th "Roma" infantry who takes leave with honor

Well, yes, we are now used to witnessing the closure of the barracks and perhaps even a little to burying the long history of the departments, a phenomenon which however does not erase the memories. It also touched...

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"Il Signor Parolini" (ninth part)

The baked chicken, as expected, had lived up to its reputation, consolidating, where needed, the undisputed culinary mastery of Gastone, chief ...

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Nasrallah is dead, long live Nasrallah
It ended as it began. And as it will probably continue. Like Abbas al Musawi, his predecessor, so Hasan Nasr Allah fell under Israeli fire. Following the paradigm of Moshe Dayan,...
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Dear director, I have read the speech given by General Masiello to the 40th of the Lagunari and, remembering having read the Army Press Release (it dates back to 25 June, you were not...
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