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4 days ago · The Germans proceeded to detonate charges on most of Florence‘s historic bridges, turning centuries-old stone masterpieces into piles of rubble. Only the iconic Ponte Vecchio was spared thanks to the intervention of a German officer named Gerhard Wolf, who had studied in Florence before the war and sought to protect the recognizable landmark.
1 day ago · During World War II, Florence was heavily bombed in 1944 during battles between the Nazis and the Allies. Every bridge in the city was bombed and destroyed, except for the Ponte Vecchio. Thanks to Gerhard Wolf, a German diplomat who served as consul in Florence during World War II, this bridge was spared from destruction. 5.
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2 days ago · World War II had begun. World War II was a conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during 1939–45. The main combatants were the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and the Allies (France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and China). It was the bloodiest conflict, as well as the largest war, in human ...
4 days ago · Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts. 1. The Ponte Vecchio, complete with its characteristic shops, spans which Italian river? Answer: Arno. The Ponte Vecchio is one of the few surviving examples of a medieval bridge whose structure includes a row of shops - the others include the Rialto Bridge in Venice and Pulteney Bridge in Bath.
2 days ago · There were two locomotives gifted to the Idaho State College in Pocatello in the 1930s only to be scrapped during WWII. One of these was a BLW narrow-gauge 2-6-0 from 1878 and one was a UP standard-gauge 4-4-0 built in company shops in the 1890s maybe using components from an older locomotive. I knew I had seen images of these locomotive and ...
1 day ago · The Art Loss Register is a commercial computerized international database which captures information about lost and stolen art, antiques and collectables. It is operated by a commercial company based in London. In the U.S., the FBI maintains the National Stolen Art File, "a database of stolen art and cultural property.
1 day ago · Italian German annexed by Bulgaria. The Italian zone was taken over by the Germans in September 1943. On 28 October 1940, Italy started the Greco-Italian War by launching an invasion of the Kingdom of Greece from Albania. In part, the Italians attacked Greece because of the growing influence of Germany in the Balkans.
