Which place completes this sentence about Bovec? The remains of the Italian soldiers were exhumed and transferred to the Italian military ossuary outside ______ in 1938.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Kobarid
Bovec is a town in the Littoral region of northwestern Slovenia, close to the Italian border. After World War I its military cemetery was expanded, and in 1938 the Italian soldiers' remains were exhumed and moved to the Italian military ossuary outside Kobarid, while the Austro-Hungarian dead stayed in the Bovec cemetery.
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