Caporetto (Kobarid)

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The Isonzo valley at Caporetto. Northwest is to the left, southeast to the right.

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The campanile at Caporetto.

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Another shot of the Caporetto campanile.

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The Italian Charnel House built around the Church of St. Francis on a hill overlooking Caporetto. The next photo explains.

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This explains the previous photo.

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The World War I Museum at Caporetto. Excellent.

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Part one of Hemingway display in the Caporetto Museum. Hemingway never visited Caporetto. He wrote about it through extensive historical research.

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Part Two of the Hemingway display at the Caporetto Museum. At the top are reproductions of three pages from the Farewell to Arms holograph manuscript: (l-r) the ending, a page from Book Three, and the beginning.

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