Fallen on July 20, 1915 Tofane near Cortina d'Ampezzo hit by a bullet in the forehead, Antonio Cantore was the first Italian General to lose their lives in the Great War.
The chronicles tell us of a man with a temper at times cruel and inflexible that certainly did not mind the loss of life but to implement his plans for war. It was during one of these the provision of the military operations that lost his life.
was July 1915 to January Cantore was given command of military operations on the Dolomite front, in particular, he focused on the southern courts
nese Tofane and develop a plan of attack at stations located on the Austrian Castellet. His plan was to seize the fork Fontana Negra, which was in enemy hands, only to swoop down on the Austrian soldiers holed up on Castelletto. It was certainly reckless operation, which left perplexed, even annoyed, many official: the Austrians were in fact placed at about 1800 m above sea level, while the Italians in 1300 alone. The latter would then have to go back for half a kilometer on the eastern side, building trenches and tunnels into the rock, all under the relentless fire of the first crude but deadly enemy machine guns. The plan of attack, even if he had given victory to Singer, would have required the sacrifice of hundreds and hundreds of lives.
On July 20 he went to the front of the Chanter Tofane gathered his men and told them the cryptic phrase: "Tomorrow you will all be there." Then he went on ahead to inspect the scene of the battle; sportosi from a trench with binoculars to scout the scene was shot dead by a bullet to the forehead.
His death is still shrouded in mystery. The official wants hit by enemy sniper, but the unexpected death of General Cantore immediately aroused strong suspicion among the ranks of the army and among the regional population Ampezzo. The killing was in fact occurred in the presence of a few witnesses, and many had reason to eliminate the Genoese commander. In particular, to fuel the rumors and speculation popular was the mysterious disappearance of the hat that the general was always used to take, and also wore at the time of his death. Having been hit in the face, the hat should have been present on the front of the bullet hole that cold Cantore, but could not be made any investigation, since the military cap, pierced by the bullet and laid on the coffin disappeared immediately after the funeral of the commander. Only after his recent public meeting, (it was kept by a nephew of the general, ignorant of the various hypotheses about the grandfather's death) occurred in the 90s, extensive studies have been conducted, and the response has been shocking to many: was in fact the bullets supplied the Austrian army during the conflict, 8.5 mm in size, would be too big for the hole, while the Italians of that period, 6.5 mm, fit together perfectly. Some doubt is the fact that the hat, being of leather, may have small and flat, distorting the true shape of the hole. It is said legendary during his funeral, held July 22 in Cortina, the tears have only his white horse.
After his death, he designed the operation was quickly shelved and it took over a year and hundreds of deaths before the Austrian station gave way.
As the facts are really went there will probably never given to know and probably does not matter much either, but what should make us think
king is whether more than ninety years after the end of World War I it still makes sense to hold a school in a general, albeit hero of war.
The school is the place par excellence for the education of our children, training is not only intellectual but also to civic and democratic life. Article. 11 of our constitution is all too clear on the position that our democracy has taken with respect to the resolution of international disputes rejects the term leaves no room, even though as we all know we were not always faithful to that wording so resolute
In any case we believe that many people can be given to our children as role models and whose name the middle school Gemona.
Think about it.
