" A vertical battled pitted the Italians against the Austrians, who were starving up in the mountains.

The Italians also sent men to the firing squad “to set an example”. I couldn’t make up my mind which was more appalling: the mining war or the mountain war. And between an Italian general and a French one, I wouldn’t’ve known which one to shoot first. "

― Jacques Tardi , Goddamn This War!