Battles of the Isonzo
Series of major battles between Italy and Austria-Hungary during WWI / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the Ostrogoth invasion of Italy, see Battle of Isonzo (489).
The Battles of the Isonzo (known as the Isonzo Front by historians, Slovene: soška fronta) were a series of twelve battles between the Austro-Hungarian and Italian armies in World War I mostly on the territory of present-day Slovenia, and the remainder in Italy along the Isonzo River on the eastern sector of the Italian Front between June 1915 and November 1917.
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Isonzo front | |||||||
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Part of Italian Front (World War I) | |||||||
Depiction of the Battle of Doberdò. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Kingdom of Italy |
Austria-Hungary German Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz |
Rudolf von Steinstätten Svetozar Borojević | ||||||
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2nd Army 3rd Army | 5th Army | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
645,000 (pre-Caporetto) |
450,000 (pre-Caporetto) |
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