The Iron Road | 100 Wonders | Atlas Obscura

Metal rungs and cables are a path to great beauty and the remnants of massive destruction – Subscribe for new videos every Thursday http://bit.ly/1PcJ14b

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Written and hosted by Dylan Thuras (@dylanthuras)
Graphics by Michelle Enemark (@mjenemark)
Edited by Ryan Thompson

Credits

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1917_ortler_vorgipfelstellung_3850_m_highest_trench_in_history_of_first_world_war.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1970-073-25,_Isonzo-Schlacht,_Trainkolonne_am_Moistroka-Pass.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Italian_alpine_troops.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Italian_front_(World_War_I).jpg

Guided historical WWI walks with Collett’s Mountain Holidays

http://www.centenarynews.com/article/100-years-ago-today-italy-enters-the-first-world-war
The white war (again)
Mountain Troopers WWI
http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/firstworldwar/ital-col-garibaldi.htm

http://www.holimites.com/en/discover-the-dolomites/history-and-culture-005/the-great-war-in-the-dolomites-007
http://www.summitpost.org/austrian-sentinel-overlooking-sesto-dolomites/937617
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1197091/posts?page=59