13 articles in the category: World War II
In Chiara's World: My tips for a fulfilling research
Her name is Chiara Tallone, and in the predominantly male universe of metal detecting, she is one of the most authoritative experts and practitioners of Military Research along the Gothic Line. [...]
Militaria research on the Gothic Line: Riva Ridge
Our journey into the history and stories of the Gothic Line stops today in Trignano (Modena - Italy), in the rooms of the Riva Ridge Museum: Gothic Line - Felix Pedro. The museum is managed by [...]
Militaria on the Gothic Line
We are in the lands of the “Linea Gotica”, a long “cut” from sea to sea in the middle-northern Italy, made of ridges and paths, battlefields and places of memory, trenches and fortifi [...]
Sarsina, on the hill of the Sikhs remembering the
A team of wild diggers A research ground with an exciting history The jovial atmosphere of those who want to have fun.These are the fundamental ingredients of the "detecting" day staged in [...]
With the metal detector he finds the remains of a German soldier
As he had been used to doing for some time now, with all the required authorizations, he was sweeping with his metal detector a private land in Fontanelice, in the Bolognese area, when he came [...]
The military airport of Cesenatico, when the war relic
During the Second World War, the enormous profusion of aircraft fielded by the Anglo-Americans made the network of Italian airports totally insufficient, thus forcing the Allied commands to [...]
Two collectors of war memorabilia find an artillery shell in Lonato
Sometimes the earth returns ancient memories, reopening pages of our history that seemed definitively archived. And instead, almost 80 years later, from the subsoil of Lonato, in the province [...]
On Mount Soratte treasure hunt of the SS
The tunnels of Mount Soratte are authentic war bunkers dug inside the mountain of the same name, a limestone cucuzzolo set in the municipal territory of Sant'Oreste in the metropolitan city of [...]
Restored German bunkers in Milano Marittima
They call him "the bunkers' man" and, thanks to his experience and the historiographical value of his research, Walter Cortesi can be considered today the greatest Italian expert in the [...]
The permanent exhibition dedicated to the Gothic Line
In Bologna a permanent exhibition dedicated to the relics of the Gothic Line A permanent exhibition dedicated to the Gothic Line. The defensive route built by the German army during the Second [...]
Walter Cortesi, the man of the German bunkers
The man of the bunkers, born Walter Cortesi, continues in his amazing research. Since last January, in fact, in collaboration with the Municipality of Cervia and with the Superintendence of [...]
Introduction World War II column
It is the dream of every detectorist: to find an ancient relic of the Second World War. A goal not too illusory given that - between unexploded ordnance and buried finds - there are many [...]
Walter Cortesi, the man of the Bunkers
During the Second World War, the enormous profusion of aircraft fielded by the Anglo-Americans made the network of Italian airports totally insufficient, thus forcing the Allied commands to [...]