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Gino Polli (2 August 1893 – 9 May 1926) was a 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. == Biography == Gino Polli was born in Milan, the second to last of the five son 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",〔() La battaglia d'arresto Alfeo Guadagnin – Nordpress 2008: ''Vista la gravità del momento, il Colonnello Polli del 78° fanteria, comandante del settore, invia al contrattacco il XIV/5° bersaglieri e la 3ª compagnia del I/114° che innestando la baionetta scendono di corsa verso il nemico. Gli austro-ungarici a loro volta non-vogliono mollare quelle importanti posizioni, e si preparano a fronteggiare l'urto italiano''〕 of the Olympic champion Emilio Polli, of Lady Mara and Elena. He married with Lydia and was the father of Mario Polli. When he was twenty, he wants to defend his country and he enrolled like 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 become Sergeant assigned to the 27° Field Artillery Regiment (''27º Gruppo artiglieria "Campagna''). In 1915 he enters 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.〔Ettore Crosignati, "The Memorial of Gino Polli", publisher Crosignani, Via Olmetto, 14 (1923–1940), Cubi, GdMI, Milan, Italy, 1926〕 In the 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.〔"L'Artigliere" Magazine, "Figure di Combattenti che scompaiono, Un Eroe del Vittorio Veneto" ("Figures of Fighters disappear, A Hero of Vittorio Veneto", May 1926, Rome〕 In the August 1916 enters in the Military academy and becomes second lieutenant in the "19° Field Artillery Regiment" (''19º Reggimento artiglieria da campagna Val Brenta''). Between the January and October 1916 swop in the "54° Field Artillery Regiment" (''54º Reggimento artiglieria 4°Battaglione'') for the battles of Carso-Faiti and Vippacco-Merna〔Luciano Viazzi, ''Gli alpini, 1872–1945'', Ciarrapico, 1978〕 In the November 1917 the Officer Polli was in the battle of Pinzano al Tagliamento and Montello.〔Records from the War History Archives, Italy, original documents of the captain Pietro Castagna, published in 1926〕 In the 1918 is 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 ask to Italy and he 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 leave with honor the army and return 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 hero military Veteran, so gloriously for the cause of liberty, to sacrifice everything, and was bury with the honors of war in the cemetery of Novara in Italy. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gino Polli」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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