Too funny. All the place name signs in South Tyrol/SudTirol are in Italian/German.
Wonder what Der Fuehrer would have thought about wine bottles printed with his surly mug, back in the day? Somebody probably tried, and soon disappeared.
Observation: stationed in Naples where nothing seemed to work and the Nord Italiani military couldn’t stand the place either. Drove into northern Italy on my way to Germany TDY. Stayed the night. Everything worked.
Just one problem: I like the Napolitani people much better.
Northern Italy was part of Austria until WW1. The Tyrol was the bribe the Allies offered Italy to change sides.
If the Italians have been on both sides in 2 world wars, does that mean they’ve been in 4 world wars?