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So I told myself I had to form a group of sappers under my command.
So I told myself I had to form a group of sappers under my command.
E ho fatto: “No, adesso basta, io devo formare un gruppo di sabotatori al mio comando”. -
I went to put forward my idea at the headquarters of the 26th Brigade, and I told Luigi:
I went to put forward my idea at the headquarters of the 26th Brigade, and I told Luigi:
E poi dopo ho chiesto al comando della 26° Brigata, con Luigi ho detto: -
“Listen, I want to set up a team of sappers, I can train them”.
“Listen, I want to set up a team of sappers, I can train them”.
“Guarda, io ho intenzione di fare questa cosa, fare una squadra di sabotatori, -
We would have been under direct orders of the Brigade.
We would have been under direct orders of the Brigade.
faccio io il corso alle dipendenze dirette della brigata”. -
The headquarters agreed, so I trained this group.
The headquarters agreed, so I trained this group.
Il comando è stato molto d’accordo e io ho fatto questo corso a questi ragazzi, -
We were able to take care of three or four actions at a time in a group of 12 men.
We were able to take care of three or four actions at a time in a group of 12 men.
e poi siamo andati avanti perché appunto succedeva che magari si andava a fare un’azione e potevamo anche farne tre o quattro in una volta, con 12 uomini. -
At the same time we reduced the risk, unfortunately some of us got killed at times.
At the same time we reduced the risk, unfortunately some of us got killed at times.
Inoltre rischiavamo meno perché purtroppo i morti venivano, -
If I was killed there would have been nobody left.
If I was killed there would have been nobody left.
mi fanno fuori me non ci rimane più nessuno. -
We did the course and it was successful.
We did the course and it was successful.
Facciamo il corso e infatti ha ottenuto successo. -
Building up of „Fiamme Verdi“ brigades
Building up of „Fiamme Verdi“ brigades
Fondazione delle brigate „Fiamme Verdi“ -
From the day of the first air-drop to the end of July
From the day of the first air-drop to the end of July
Da quando c’è stato il lancio, che eravamo circa una cinquantina, ad andare -
we increased from around fifty to more than a thousand men.
we increased from around fifty to more than a thousand men.
alla fine di luglio, da una cinquantina siamo arrivati a circa… a oltre mille, -
There just wasn’t enough time to organize ourselves.
There just wasn’t enough time to organize ourselves.
e il tempo era troppo breve per organizzarci, ecc. -
For example they set up a detachment and position it in an area, without knowing who these partisans were. That was a problem.
For example they set up a detachment and position it in an area, without knowing who these partisans were. That was a problem.
E infatti magari creavano un distaccamento e lo mettevano nella stessa zona, senza conoscere chi erano questi partigiani, era questo il problema. -
They decided to set up a unit called “Fiamme Verdi” (green flames),
They decided to set up a unit called “Fiamme Verdi” (green flames),
Lì loro hanno deciso di fare la formazione delle Fiamme Verdi, -
and went around asking for people to join them. They asked me, too, since I was a catholic.
and went around asking for people to join them. They asked me, too, since I was a catholic.
sono passati in tutti i distaccamenti, chi voleva andare con loro… l’hanno chiesto anche a me, io ero un cattolico, -
I didn’t go since I liked being with the “Garibaldini”.
I didn’t go since I liked being with the “Garibaldini”.
ma non ci sono andato perché stavo bene nei garibaldini. -
That day, the Fiamme Verdi brigade was formed,
That day, the Fiamme Verdi brigade was formed,
Invece quella giornata lì è stata formata la brigata delle Fiamme Verdi -
with Don Carlo as commander and, later on, my dear friend Aldo Dall’Aglio second-in-command.
with Don Carlo as commander and, later on, my dear friend Aldo Dall’Aglio second-in-command.
con Carlo, il Don Carlo, il comandante, e in seguito poi il vice comandante era il mio carissimo amico Aldo Dall’Aglio -
He died on the Prampa on the 10th of January after the mop-up of the 7th.
He died on the Prampa on the 10th of January after the mop-up of the 7th.
che è morto poi nella battaglia, nel rastrellamento del 7 gennaio, è morto il 10 sul Prampa.