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Battle of the isonzo
Battle of the isonzo







battle of the isonzo

Future Italian offensives were aimed at Fajti Hill (Monte Faiti), Trstelj and Grmada. The planning of future Italian offensives was based on the fact that they occupied Gorizia, the demand of Italian politicians to acquire Trieste at any cost and the realisation of the Italian high command that the sixth offensive had been prematurely halted, since the Austro-Hungarian side had not managed to fortify a third and fourth lines of defence. During the twenty-nine months of warfare, May 1915 through October 1917, several fierce combats and twelve. In the second phase of the offensive, the defenders managed to stop the Italians from breaking through to the Banjščica Plain and thus from entering the Vipava Valley and surrounding their units in the Karst. Rombon to the Adriatic was named the Isonzo Front.

battle of the isonzo

They held most of their positions in the central and upper Isonzo Valley. The First Battle of the Isonzo was fought between the Armies of Italy and Austria-Hungary on the Italian Front in World War I, between 23 June and 7 July 1915. The Austrians held the defensive positions on the left bank of Soča (Isonzo) River while the trenches there had barely been dug. Battles - The Seventh Battle of the Isonzo, 1916 A short, sharp encounter fought from 14-17 September 1916, the Seventh Battle of the Isonzo saw Italian Chief of Staff Luigi Cadorna shift his focus from broad-based diversionary attacks to tightly focussed initiatives directed at single targets. Italian troops managed to cross the Isonzo river at several. On 9 August, their units entered Gorizia and forced the units defending the Karst, especially the Doberdob plain, to retreat. The Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo began on the 18th of August 1917 and ended on September 12th. The Italians planned to occupy Goricia and the Doberdob plain. The Sixth Battle of Isonzo (4 August–16 August 1916).









Battle of the isonzo