RE: O/T War stories5 Mar 2022 20:04
Romaron when you say Trieste is ex Austrian that is a bit simplistic(correct but gives a wrong impression) . Accept my love for Italy and the beautiful country . Its correct from a point of view that in a time in history it joined the Hasburg Empire but . Trieste was also part of the Republic of Venice , its people historically , Veneti and the city an important one in the Roman Empire for centuries, the vast majority of the population has always spoken Italian or a Venetian dialect as you well know Italy itself did not unify till 1861 . So you can argue that given continental Europe has had a lot of changes and unifying of cities or areas to new states and kingdoms , calling Trieste ex Austria is a tad different to the views someone from Trieste may have. They were annexed(voluntarily) purely for economic reasons in the past. Population has always been Veneti as was most of Istria .
In a way then I can say Budapest was ex Austrian, kind of correct as was ruled by the Hasburgs but Budapest has always and will always be Hungarian.
I only say this as Britain's stability and unity have always remained the same for a 1000 years whilst in Europe its more about the people than the actual name of the state/country . Just look at Germany only unified in 1871 . Trieste has always really been Italian from a population point of view. Or Veneti to be precise. Sorry for the Off Topic.