European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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led by Valter from Cavriago, a big and bossy guy.
led by Valter from Cavriago, a big and bossy guy.
che lo comandava Valter di Cavriago, era un robustone uno spaccone quello lì. -
Then we went to carry out the attack on Villa Minozzo.
Then we went to carry out the attack on Villa Minozzo.
Dopo siamo andati a fare l’attacco a Villa Minozzo: -
We went there on May 24th, the last day ...
We went there on May 24th, the last day ...
siamo andati il 24 di maggio che era l’ultimo giorno… -
The Italian government was telling to all the ones that had escaped from war to return,
The Italian government was telling to all the ones that had escaped from war to return,
Perché il governo italiano diceva a chi era scappato dalla guerra di presentarsi -
but instead of handing us in to the government we carried out the attack to the command post in Villa Minozzo.
but instead of handing us in to the government we carried out the attack to the command post in Villa Minozzo.
e noi invece di presentarci ci siamo presentati all’assalto del comando che c’era a Villa Minozzo. -
We were about fifty, but there were some who ...
We were about fifty, but there were some who ...
A Villa Minozzo eravamo una cinquantina, però c’era una parte… -
I was placed in front of the barracks of the fascists, it was full of people inside,
I was placed in front of the barracks of the fascists, it was full of people inside,
A me mi avevano messo in una posizione di fronte alla caserma di fascisti che era piena -
I could hear them sing their songs.
I could hear them sing their songs.
e io sentivo dentro cantare le loro canzoni: -
I was a good marksman
I was a good marksman
io ero un militare che era buono a tirare -
but I was fifty meters away in a hole and couldn't get out because ...
but I was fifty meters away in a hole and couldn't get out because ...
e ci sparavo ma ero a cinquanta metri in un buco e non potevo uscire perché loro… -
We had a hard time because a plane came to shoot at us,
We had a hard time because a plane came to shoot at us,
Abbiamo tribolato perché poi è venuto anche un aeroplano a mitragliarci sopra, -
so we got stuck in the ditch like frogs, surrounded by nettles.
so we got stuck in the ditch like frogs, surrounded by nettles.
in un fossettino c’erano le ortiche dentro lì ci siamo impantanati come le rane. -
Hard moments.
Hard moments.
Sono momenti difficili. -
I told my fellows that were 70-80 meters away and said:
I told my fellows that were 70-80 meters away and said:
Poi dopo si parlava con gli amici che erano a 70, 80 metri, gli ho detto -
"Shoot there, you shoot and we will walk under the shooting line!"
"Shoot there, you shoot and we will walk under the shooting line!"
“Sparate là, voi sparate e noi passiamo sotto” -
It was an operation for covering people we wanted to rescue.
It was an operation for covering people we wanted to rescue.
un’operazione del ritiro degli amici, tu spari sopra agli amici, l’amico ritira… -
They weren't experts, they shot like idiots with the machine guns, they shot a lot,
They weren't experts, they shot like idiots with the machine guns, they shot a lot,
Loro non erano esperti: due mitragliatori han sparato come i coglioni -
whereas they were supposed to fire two or three shots and then alternate them
whereas they were supposed to fire two or three shots and then alternate them
così poi fermi allora loro lo ripetono, invece la tattica era sparare due o tre colpi e alternarli -
in order to keep the enemy under pressure while we were passing underneath.
in order to keep the enemy under pressure while we were passing underneath.
così per tenerli schiavi mentre tu passavi sotto -
Instead, we turned up running with the bullets from machine guns in our back.. These moments ...
Instead, we turned up running with the bullets from machine guns in our back.. These moments ...
e invece siamo passati con le raffiche alle calcagna. Ah erano momenti…