Isonzo

Isonzo
Title Isonzo PDF eBook
Author John R. Schindler
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Pages 435
Release 2001-04-30
Genre History
ISBN 0313075662

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This is the first account in English of a much-overlooked, but important, First World War battlefront located in the mountains astride the border between Italy and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Not well known in the West, the battles of Isonzo were nevertheless ferocious, and compiled a record of bloodletting that totaled over 1.75 million for both sides. In sharp contrast to claims that neither the Italian nor the Austrian armies were viable fighting forces, Schindler aims to bring the terrible sacrifices endured by both armies back to their rightful place in the history of 20th century Europe. The Habsburg Empire, he contends, lost the war for military and economic reasons rather than for political or ethnic ones. Schindler's account includes references to remarkable personalities such as Mussolini; Tito; Hemingway; Rommel, and the great maestro Toscanini. This Alpine war had profound historical consequences that included the creation of the Yugoslav state, the problem of a rump Austrian state looking to Germany for leadership, and the traumatic effects on a generation of young Italian men who swelled the ranks of the fascists. After nearly a century, Isonzo can assume its proper place in the ranks of the tragic Great War clashes, alongside Verdun, the Somme, and Passchendaele.

Caporetto and the Isonzo Campaign

Caporetto and the Isonzo Campaign
Title Caporetto and the Isonzo Campaign PDF eBook
Author John Macdonald
Publisher Pen and Sword
Pages 328
Release 2011-12-13
Genre History
ISBN 1781599300

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This illustrated WWI history sheds light on a major campaign fought along the significant yet often neglected Italian Front. From 1915 to 1917 the armies of Italy and the Austro-Hungarian Empire were locked in a series of battles along the River Isonzo, a sixty-mile front from the Alps to the Adriatic Sea. The campaigns were fought in unforgiving terrain, with casualty counts that exceeded those of the Great War’s more famous battles. The twelfth and final battle, Caporetto, was a major victory for the Central Powers as they broke through the Italian Front. Historian John Macdonald chronicles the Isonzo battles with vivid descriptions of the battlefields and of the atrocious conditions in which the soldiers fought. The text is supported by a selection of original photographs that record the terrible reality of the conflict. The intervention of British, French and German troops is covered, as are the parts played by famous individuals, including Erwin Rommel, Benito Mussolini, Pietro Badoglio and Luigi Cadorna, the notorious Italian commander in chief. Caporetto and the Isonzo Campaign examines an aspect of the First World War that was pivotal in the history of Italy, Austria and the Balkans.

Sulle Alpi e sull'Isonzo

Sulle Alpi e sull'Isonzo
Title Sulle Alpi e sull'Isonzo PDF eBook
Author Mario Mariani
Publisher
Pages 272
Release 1915
Genre Isonzo, Battles of the, 1915-1917
ISBN

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Distribution of the Austro-Hungarian Army in the Field on the 18t Oct. 1918

Distribution of the Austro-Hungarian Army in the Field on the 18t Oct. 1918
Title Distribution of the Austro-Hungarian Army in the Field on the 18t Oct. 1918 PDF eBook
Author Great Britain. General Staff
Publisher
Pages 262
Release 1919
Genre
ISBN

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Isonzo

Isonzo
Title Isonzo PDF eBook
Author Fritz Weber
Publisher
Pages 486
Release 1933
Genre Isonzo River (Slovenia and Italy)
ISBN

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Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall Yard

Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall Yard
Title Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall Yard PDF eBook
Author
Publisher
Pages 1128
Release 1916
Genre Military art and science
ISBN

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The American Year Book

The American Year Book
Title The American Year Book PDF eBook
Author
Publisher
Pages 1036
Release 1917
Genre Almanacs, American
ISBN

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