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Histria : godišnjak Istarskog povijesnog društva = rivista della Società Storica Istriana = časopis Istrskega zgodovinskega društva = the Istrian Historical Society review, No. 10, 2020.

Preliminary communication

https://doi.org/10.32728/h2020.03

Activities of the Italian Navy and Intelligence Service on the coast of Poreč area during the First World War

Gianpaolo Gergeta

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Abstract

With the entry of Italy into the war against Austria-Hungary in 1915, most of the Istrian irredentists fled and joined the Italian army. Most of those who remained were deported and confined within Austria and Hungary. Then the western coast of Istria became the main target of combat and intelligence activities of the Italian Navy and its air force in the northern Adriatic, which turned its attention to Poreč because of the seaplane station which was there. The nearby town of Funtana was chosen for disembarking and then retrieving the intelligence officers because several families living there were leaning towards Italians. The intelligence officers were chosen from among the refugees from Istria because of their knowledge of the terrain and connections among the population. They would get off individually or in small groups. The extraction of the last group failed until the end of the war.

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Hrčak ID:

269644

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https://hrcak.srce.hr/269644

Publication date:

30.12.2020.

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