A winter in the Abruzzo Mountains - French Expeditionary Corps - Italy (21 Nov 1943 - 3 Feb 1944)

Hello David,
I don't understand your message. I said this topic answered some of my questions as it peak about Monte Majo or "Mount Majo" as english speaker. You can see it page 2.

 

Maczuga - I will have a look at my documents to see what info I can find on the 'Groupement Bonjour'. However it will take some time, I'm currently not at home. I'll be in touch with you again.

I'm glad you liked the thread .

 

Reading about the French Expeditionary Corps in Italy gives me the shudders. Here's why:

Marocchinate - Wikipedia

Vitellino

 

My research was quite short, so I did not read this thread nor take into account different spellings of the mountain's name.

 

hi, do you by any chance have footgraphic or video documentation of the village of Pantano? Thank you

 

This thread only contains info on mount Pantano, see: A winter in the Abruzzo Mountains - French Expeditionary Corps - Italy (21 Nov 1943 - 3 Feb 1944)

 

Thank you so much for all your research and for putting it up on this thread. I am doing genealogical research on a family from Sant'Elia and have been trying to learn how civilians there were affected by the war. Now I have a much better idea about that ... I had assumed that Sant'Elia was largely destroyed like the villages on higher ground above Sant'Elia, but reading this I see that by the time the Algerians reached Sant'Elia the retreating Germans had already abandoned it. I gather from this that Sant'Elia was spared the terrible hand to hand combat and destructive artillery fire that destroyed other villages. A significant detail. And apart from my project, I'm also just fascinated by the role of the FEC and the North African units. I've read plenty about the US and Commonwealth Allies, but not so much about the FEC. Thanks again.

 

Actually, slight correction now that I have done further reading of memoirs by displaced Cassino civilians ... lots of houses in Sant'Elia were destroyed, though the church at city center was not. And civilians were spared absolutely nothing. The Moroccans seem to have been especially cruel... still marveling at all this work, though. First rate.