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THE SECRET WAR ON THE ITALIAN FRONT IN WWI (1915 – 1918)

12.5 THE FIRST BATTLE OF THE PIAVE RIVER

radIo TraffIc analysIs

Expecting a possible Austro-German breach on the Monte Grappa, throughout the month of
November, the 1 radio-goniometric Section stood ready to redeploy further backwards, from
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Padua to the Adige river. However, during November and for most of December, it continued to
intercept and localize the German and Austrian stations, providing a large amount of interesting
material to the Cryptographic Unit in Rome and handy information about the location of enemy
units.

12.4 Movements of the German and Austro-Hungarian radiotelegraphic stations
detected by the radio goniometric station in Padua from 4 November to 21 December
1917 (ISCAG Archive)

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