![]() There were around 225,000 Italian Army soldiers massed to assault the positions of 115,000 Austro-Hungarian troops, who were dug-in on high ground. World War I Date 15 May-10 June 1916 Place Asiago plateau, Veneto, Italy Outcome Italian victory The Battle of Asiago, also known as the Trentino Offensive or the Strafexpedition, was a failed Austro-Hungarian offensive against the Royal Italian Army in the Asiago plateau of Veneto, launched during the Italian campaign of World War I. Italy had declared war on Austria-Hungary on May 23, about a month before the battle began on June 23. To commemorate the participation of the Royal Bavarian Infantry Lifeguards Regiment, Georg Fürst wrote the March “Isonzo-Marsch”. 106 years ago today, the First Battle of the Isonzo was raging. Moreover, the end of the battle left the Italian Second Army (until then the most successful of the Italian Armies) split in two parts across the Soča (Isonzo), a weak point that proved to be decisive in the subsequent Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo. So the final result of the battle was an inconclusive bloodbath. Fortunately for them (and unfortunately for their opponents), so were the Italians, who could not find the resources necessary for another assault, even though it might have been the decisive one. However, Mount Saint Gabriel and Mount Hermada turned out to be impregnable, and the offensive wore out.Īfter the battle, the Austro-Hungarians were exhausted, and could not have withstood another attack. ![]() Other positions were taken by the Duke of Aosta’s Third Army. The Italians crossed the river at several points on temporary bridges, but the main effort was exerted on the Banjšice Plateau, whose capture was to further the offensive and break the Austro-Hungarian lines in two segments, isolating the strongholds of Mount Saint Gabriel and Mount Hermada.Īfter fierce and deadly fightings, the Italian Second Army, led by General Capello, pushed back Boroević’s Isonzo Armee, conquering the Bainsizza and Mount Santo. The attack was carried forth from a front from Tolmin (in the upper Isonzo valley) to the Adriatic Sea. Some 645,000 Italian soldiers were killed, accounting for roughly half of Italian military casualties throughout the First World War. On the Soča (Isonzo) River, Luigi Cadorna, the Italian Chief of Staff, concentrated three quarters of his troops: 600 battalions (52 divisions) with 5,200 guns. The casualties of the Battles of the Isonzo were horrific. The First Battle of the Isonzo was fought from the 23 rd of June to the 7 th of July 1915. ![]() The Italian Army made some initial gains, but it ultimately failed to. The First Battle of the Isonzo The Isonzo near Gorizia with the blown up railway bridge. The mosque was constructed in 1916 at an altitude of 1,720 meters (5,643 feet) to accommodate the spiritual needs of the Bosnian soldiers. Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo (19 August – 12 September 1917) The first battle of the Isonzo began on June 23, 1915, and it ended on July 7, 1915.
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