Italian Front First World War War Sun Woo and Ji Ye

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Italian Front

• Sun Woo Lee Ji-Ye Yoon

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Leaders Involved
?Conrad von Hotzendorf Austro-Hungarian
Commander-in-Chief
?Luigi Cadorna Italian Chief of Staff
?Svetozar Boroevic von Bojna Austro-Hungarian
field marshal
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Battles of the Isonzo (June 1915 November 1917)
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1st battle of Isonzo

• the First Jump
• series of attacks to boost Italian armys
  position
• Cadrona duplicated early mistakes of the Western
  Front

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2nd battle of Isonzo

• Cadrona realized Italys lack of artillery
  strength took steps to boost artillery
  availability.
• However called off operations once it became
  clear that he had insufficient amount of
  artillery.

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3rd battle of Isonzo

• Lasted for 2 weeks
• Main target Gorizia
• Same result costly repulse complete failure

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4th battle of Isonzo

• Main target Gorizia Carso
• Austro-Hungary requested military assistance from
  their German allies
• aid took a long time to come.

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5th battle of Isonzo

• Cadorna acting under pressure from French
  Commander-in-Chief to relieve German pressure
• Italy shortage of men artillery
• Main target Gorizia

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Battle of Asiago

• First sole offensive initiated by the
  Austro-Hungarians on the Italians.
• Austro-Hungarian gt Italian.
• Fears of invasion arose among Italians.

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6th Battle of Isonzo

• Battle of Gorizia.
• Finally succeeded. (6th August 1916)
• Established bridgehead across Isonzo.
• Italian government declared war on Germany. (28th
  August 1916)
• Italians changed tactics
• Following 3 battles were short and sharp

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7th, 8th, 9th Battles of Isonzo

• 7th Battle 14-17th September 1916.
• 8th Battle 10-12th October 1916.
• 9th Battle 1-4th November 1916.

• Cadorna now focused on single targets.
• Heavy casualties on both sides.
• Harder for either side to recuperate.

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9th Battle of Isonzo (Cont.)

• Failure for Italy.
• Heavy casualties on both sides.
• Austria-Hungary calls for military assistance
  from Germany.
• Germans sense the collapse of their ally and come
  to help.

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10th Battle of Isonzo

• 10th May 8th June 1917.
• Contingency plan British French will aid Italy
  only when an emergency.
• Italians switched tactics again.
• Not much territorial gain.

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11th Battle of Isonzo

• 19th August 12th September 1917.
• Greatest number of divisions artillery.
• Territorial success.
• Ran out of artillery supply.
• Last battle initiated by Italy.
• Capello ignoring Cadornas orders Italian
  disaster.
• German interference late October.

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12th Battle of Isonzo

• Battle of Caporetto.
• Largest battle initiated by Austria-Hungary.
• Austria-Hungary Germany v.s. Italy.
• Cadorna unaware of the power of Austria-Hungary
  and Germany combined.
• Success for Central Powers.
• Chance for Austro-Hungarian army to recuperate.
• Italian defeat Cadornas dismissal.

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Battle of the Piave River

• 15-22th June 1918.
• Last major Austro-Hungarian attack.
• Austria-Hungary supplies are low demoralized,
  weakened army.
• Heavy Italian counter-attacks.

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Battle of Vittorio Veneto

• 23rd October 4th November 1918.
• Final action on Italian Front.
• End to Austro-Hungarian Empire.
• Italians with higher morale than the
  Austro-Hungarians crucial factor.

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