Explosion of an improvised explosive device at a mountain check point

Explosion of an improvised explosive device at a mountain check point

An explosion destroys a check-point killing many soldiers. A machine gun emplacement is visible on the left hand side.

Caption reads “10” and “Novembre 1944. (4) Costretti dal fuoco dei partigiani, a starsene nell’interno della baracca, dove la carica della bicicletta esauritasi esplodeva con cupo flagore [sic], il presidio veniva quasi per intero annientato. (Da particolari)”

Caption translates as: “November 1944. (4) Forced by Partisan fire to remain inside the hut, the garrison was almost entirely annihilated when the timer set off the explosive and destroyed he hut in a deep rumble. (After eyewitnesses)”

One tempera on paper, pasted on mount board

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