Gino Polli

Gino Polli
File:POLLI 1.jpg The italian hero of the First World War Officer Gino Polli
Nickname(s)	Blond Angel
Born	(1893-08-02)2 August 1893 Milan, Italy
Died	(1926-05-09)9 May 1926
Place of burial	cemetery of Novara
Allegiance	Italy Kingdom of Italy
Service/branch	Italian Army Royal Italian Army
Years of service	1913–1919
Rank	Brevet Lieutenant colonel, Artillery Regiment
Commands held	Artillery Regiment 27nd Field Artillery Regiment 42nd Field Artillery Regiment "Sommeggiato" Cavalry Group 19nd Field Artillery Regiment 54nd Field Artillery Regiment 4°Battalion 27nd Field Artillery Regiment
Battles/wars	World War I Battle of Vittorio Veneto Battle of the Three Mountains Battle of the Asiago Battles of the Isonzo Battle of Karst Plateau the Battle of Ragogna the battles of river Vipacco the battle of Montello The battle of the "Dosso Faiti"
Awards	Three War Merit Cross (Italy) Mentioned in the War Bulletins
Relations	General Angelo Polli, brother General Giovanni Polli, brother Emilio Polli, brother Mara Polli Natoli, sister Elena Polli, sister

Gino Polli (2 August 1893 – 9 May 1926) was an Italian Army officer and an Italian hero during World War I, in the Artillery Regiment.

During World War I he participated in numerous battles, including the Battle of Vittorio Veneto, in which tens of thousands of soldiers were killed, and the offensive attack of the "Battle of the Three Mountains", the biggest battle of field artillery of World War I and one of the largest and bloodiest in human history.

File:The Hero Gino Polli.jpg

The Officer hero Gino Polli

Biography

Gino Polli was born in Milan, the second to last of the five sons of Lady Giulia Brambilla and Lord Pietro Polli, an entrepreneur in the food industry "Fratelli Polli". He was the brother of the General officer Giovanni and the General officer Angelo of the Italian army Corps "Bersaglieri", of the Olympic champion Emilio Polli, of Lady Mara and Elena. He married Lydia and was the father of Mario Polli. When he was twenty, he wanted to defend his country and he enrolled as a volunteer in the Italian batteries on Horse artillery, Reggimento artiglieria a cavallo "Voloire" (the Artillery Regiment "Volòire" in Milan), for a year since 1914. Next he was commissioned (in Servizio Permanente Effettivo) and became Sergeant assigned to the 27° Field Artillery Regiment (27º Gruppo artiglieria "Campagna). In 1915 he entered in the real battlefield with the 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, in the historical battle in the area of Val d'Astico, Altipiano Sette Comuni. This mountain made history in World War I, when it was the theatre of fierce fightings between Italians and Austro-Hungarians, both of whom fell by the thousand trying to conquer its summit. In January 1916 Polli enrolled in a group "sommeggiato" (with horses and donkeys) for special missions and takes part in terrible battles including the Italian offensive of May 1916, the counter-offensive of May 1916 and the Italian counter-offensive of the Highlands ("Altipiani") of 1916. In August 1916 he entered the Military academy and became second lieutenant in the "19° Field Artillery Regiment" (19º Reggimento artiglieria da campagna Val Brenta). Between January and October 1916 swapped in the "54° Field Artillery Regiment" (54º Reggimento artiglieria 4°Battaglione) for the battles of Carso-Faiti and Vippacco-Merna In November 1917 the Officer Polli was in the battle of Pinzano al Tagliamento and Montello. In 1918 he was in combat action in the highlands to the offensive against the Austrians, and in October fights in Montello and Battle of Vittorio Veneto. In 1919 moves to come back in Milan with the 27° Field Artillery Regiment" (27º Reggimento artiglieria Campagna). On 3 November, the Austro-Hungarian Empire asked Italy and signed the Armistice of Villa Giusti, came into force on 4 November, and marked the conclusion of hostilities. Gino Polli, sure of the freedom of the Italian people, left with honor the army and returned to his family in Milan after more than three years of fighting on the front lines of the war front without rest. Polli to leave received an upgrade of military rank and several awards for his services. He began working in the fancy food factory of his family with his brother Emilio Polli, The Polli Brothers Corporation S.A.. Polli is still remembered for having fought as a hero military Veteran, so gloriously for the cause of liberty, to sacrifice everything, and was buried with the honors of war in the cemetery of Novara in Italy.

Battlesfront in which Polli participated

A partial lists of some of the Italian Campaign in which took part Gino Polli and distinguished for bravery in the military Front Line:

The Battle of Isonzo

File:75 27 mod 1912 Voloire.JPG

The historical section of the Horse Artillery Regiment "Voloire" in Milan with the guns 75/27 Mod. 1912 today in use in Europe

• The Battle of the Altipiani Trentino Offensive or The Battle of Asiago (Battle of the Plateaux or Trentino offensive), nicknamed Strafexpedition ("Punitive expedition") (15 May and 27 June 1916): the Austro-Hungarians forces launched a massive a counteroffensive (Strafexpedition) against the Italian Front on 15 May 1916, in the area of "the Seven Municipalities Plateau" (in Italian: Altipiano dei Sette Comuni), gaining a lot of ground but failing to break the Italian front; the attack action ends in 27 June 1915 next a counterattack of the Italians soldiers led to the recapture of the lost ground. During the battle between the two armies soldiers losses amounted to 230,545 men.
• In First Battle of the Isonzo the "Fight of Carso" on 29 June 1915, was the first attack with poison gas on the Italian front, the Austro-Hungarians assaulting enemy positions on Mount San Michele with a mixture of chlorine and phosgene, but their action is blocked by the Italian artillery counterattacks.
• The Eighth Battle of the Isonzo (10–12 October 1916), Italian conquest of some positions in the Carso (Karst).
• The Ninth Battle of the Isonzo, (31 October-4 November 1916), in which have lost a total life of more than 72,000 soldiers in the battle field, in the two sides, with the Italian conquest of some commanding heights positions on the Carso (Karst).
• The Tenth Battle of the Isonzo (12 May 1917 – 5 June 1917), Italian troops conquer some positions in the Carso (Karst) but suffer many losses.
• The Battle of Mount Ortigara (10–25 June 1917), one of the hardest fights, with day and night close combat at 2000 meters above sea level.
• The Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo (17–21 August 1917), the Italian forces take possession of different positions on the plateau of Bainsizza, but could not break through the front of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
• Battle of Karst Plateau, across the border of southwestern Slovenia and northeastern Italy, in the westernmost part of the Brkini Hills, northern Istria, and the Gulf of Trieste.
• The Battles of river Vipacco in Miren, Slovenia in May, June, July, August 1917
• The Battle of the "Dosso Faiti" in October 1917, a hill between the river Vipacco and the valley plain of Gorizia
• The Battle of Ragogna, Tagliamento in October 1917, inside the Battle of Caporetto, in which was granted "The Honours of War" (Ita:"Onore delle armi") ceremony, and the value of the Italian soldier was described also in the German war bulletins
• the Battle of Montello (hill)
• The offensive attack of the "Battaglia dei Tre Monti" (Val Bella) in January 1918, was the biggest battle of field artillery of the entire First World War.
• The Battle of the Piave River in the mountain on 15 June 1918
• The Battle of Montello (hill) of the October 1918
• Battle of Vittorio Veneto (24 October to 3 November 1918)

Honors and awards

• The Medal and Cross of War for Military Valour (Medaglia e Croce di Guerra al Valor Militare).
• Mentioned in the Bollettino di Guerra (War Bulletin)

Ribbon	Class	Full title
File:MeritoMilitare3.png	3° Endowments	3 times Medals for War Merit Cross (Italy) (Medaglia al Valor Militare)

See also

• Veteran
• Emilio Polli
• Polli Corporation
• Ernest Hemingway
• Italian Front (World War I)
• Battle of Vittorio Veneto
• Bollettino della Vittoria
• Timeline of World War I
• Asiago War Memorial
• List of military engagements of World War I

Bibliography

• L'Artigliere, "Figure di Combattenti che scompaiono, Un Eroe del Vittorio Veneto" ("Figures of Fighters disappear, A Hero of Vittorio Veneto"), May 1926, Rome
• Ettore Crosignati, The Memorial of Gino Polli, publisher Crosignani, Via Olmetto, 14 (1923–1940), Cubi, GdMI, Milan, Italy, 1926
• Ministero della Guerra, Estratto del Ruolo Matricolare degli Ufficiali, Circondario di Milano (servizi e promozioni – campagne ferrite, azioni di merito, decorazioni, missioni speciali ed ultime variazioni), stati di servizio militare di Gino Polli, Archivio di Stato, Beni Culturali, Italy, 1919
• Alfeo Guadagnin, Massimiliano Magli, La battaglia d'arresto, Nordpress, Chiari, 2 Volume, Italy, 2008, ISBN 9788888657516
• Luciano Viazzi, Gli alpini, 1872–1945, Ciarrapico, 1978
• La guerra del 1859 per indipendenza d'Italia, Vol. 4, Corpo di State Maggiore, Ufficio storico, Società Editrice Laziale, Italy, 1912
• Basilio Di Martino, Filippo Cappellano, I reparti d'assalto italiani nella Grande Guerra, 1915-1918, Stato Maggiore dell'Esercito, Ufficio Storico, 2007, kept in University of Michigan, United States

External links

• Italian National Veteran Association
• Italian Army Veteran Association
• The Battle of Ortigara
• Museum of the Battle of Vittorio Veneto
• Official page on the Army Italian Artillery
• The Walks of Peace in the Isonzo Region Foundation. The Foundation preserves, restores and presents the historical and cultural heritage of the First World War in the area of the Isonzo Front for the study, tourist and educational purposes
• The Great War in the Dolomites. The men, the mountains and the events
• National Museum of the Force artillery
• Association of Friends of the National Historical Museum of Artillery
• ANARTI – National Association of Italian Artillery
• Magazine cover for fans of artillery
• The Artillery in the Royal Italian Army Archived 22 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
• The construction of military facilities on the Isonzo Karst (1915–1917)

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