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Battle Of Caporetto Apr 2026

By late 1917, eleven bloody but indecisive battles on the Isonzo River had exhausted both sides. Fearing an Austro-Hungarian collapse, Germany sent six elite divisions to launch a counter-offensive. Caporetto, Battle of

The Battle of Caporetto ( October 24 – November 19, 1917), also known as the , remains the most devastating military defeat in Italian history . Fought in the Julian Alps near present-day Kobarid, Slovenia, it saw Austro-German forces shatter the Italian front and drive them back 60 miles to the River Piave. The Strategic Breakthrough battle of caporetto

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