At the same time, countless Italian mothers, wives, and daughters were delivering bread, medicine, and intelligence to the guerrillas in the mountains.
History is always startlingly similar: men surrender, women resist.
Today, you are inheriting the 'glorious' tradition!
These clothes are a tribute to your 'womanly resilience' (note: sarcasm here)! Please accept them with a smile!"
"Colonel Luca Bertolini:
Your father, General Aldo Bertolini's medals were stained red with the blood of the enemy.
But your 'medal', I'm afraid, can only be decorated with the lace of these skirts.
I heard you did well at the Military Academy? Unfortunately, the battlefield is not a ball; your command saber can't even cut through a single needle!
Are you and your father, who's hiding in a luxurious apartment in Rome, enjoying the wine while admiring your troops' 'new uniforms'?"
(Attached: A crude portrait depicting Bertolini wearing a woman's hat and a long dress)
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