Conflict: World War I
Combatants: Austrians vs. Italians
Location: Slovenia
Outcome: Inconclusive
One of a series of battles fought in 1916 on the Isonzo front, this Italian offensive began on March 11th and ground to a halt after inconclusive attacks on the Austrians. Rain, snow, and fog hindered the operation and a new Austrian offensive elsewhere forced the Italian army to divert its attention from Isonzo.
Points of Interest:
Between August 1916 and September of 1917, there would be six more Battles of Isonzo; all of which resulted in little more than thousands of casualties.
The Isonzo battles would finally come to an end in November of 1917 when a German offensive forced the Italians to retreat to the Piave River.
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Sources:
Dupuy, Trevor N., Johnson, Curt, & Bongard, David L. (1992). The Harper's Encyclopedia of Military Biography. New York: Castle Books (HarperCollins).
Dupuy, R. Ernest & Dupuy, Trevor N. (1993). The Harper's Encyclopedia of Military History. New York: HarperCollins.
Eggenberger, David (1985). An Encyclopedia of Battles: Accounts of Over 1,560 Battles from 1479 B.C. to the Present. New York: Dover Publications, Inc.
Ellis, John, & Cox, Michael (2001). The World War I Databook. Bodmin, UK: MPG Books Ltd.
Keegan, John (2001). An Illustrated History of the First World War. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
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