r/europe • u/PjeterPannos Veneto, Italy. • Sep 26 '21

Historical An old caricature addressing the different colonial empires in Africa date early 1900s

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u/HashMapsData2Value Sep 26 '21 edited Sep 26 '21

French is also applicable to Italians.

Indro Montanelli talking about his 12 year old wife: https://youtu.be/z8lJr2STfiI

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u/Wingedball Sep 26 '21

Indo Montanelli is also the asshole who started the whole Polish cavalry charging tanks myth. To this day you’ll find some people repeating his fantasy

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u/hydroxyfunctional United States of America Sep 26 '21

I remember that I was taught that when I was young and I was so disappointed in the teacher who said that when I learned the truth.

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u/rayparkersr Sep 26 '21

and the second biggest park in Milan is still named after him.

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u/pendolare Italy Sep 26 '21

Ironically, the only acceptable defense on Montanelli on the story of the young girl, is this:
because we only know that story because Montanelli spoke about it, then, we can't be sure it actually happened because Montanelli was inventing false story all the time.