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The plain at the confluence of the Soča and Vipava rivers around Gorizia is the main passage from Northern Italy to Central Europe.. The Battles of the Isonzo (known as the Isonzo Front by historians, Slovene: soška fronta) were a series of twelve battles between the Austro-Hungarian and Italian armies in World War I mostly on the territory of present-day Slovenia, and the remainder in Italy ...
Pages in category "Battles of the Isonzo" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Battle of Isonzo may refer to: Battle of Isonzo (489) Battle of Isonzo (1477) Battles of the Isonzo, a series of offensives in World War I First Battle of the Isonzo; Second Battle of the Isonzo; Third Battle of the Isonzo; Fourth Battle of the Isonzo; Fifth Battle of the Isonzo; Sixth Battle of the Isonzo; Seventh Battle of the Isonzo; Eighth ...
The Sixth Battle of the Isonzo, better known as the Battle of Gorizia, was the most successful Italian offensive along the Soča (Isonzo) River during World War I.
The battle of Isonzo was a military engagement between the Ottoman army and Venetians near the river of Soča during the Ottoman–Venetian War (1463–1479). The ...
After the failure of the First Battle of the Isonzo, two weeks earlier, Luigi Cadorna, commander-in-chief of the Italian forces, decided for a new thrust against the Austro-Hungarian lines with heavier artillery support.
Italian troops in Caporetto, 24 October 1917. The Battle of Caporetto (also known as the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo or the Battle of Karfreit as it was known by the Central Powers; Slovene: Čudež pri Kobaridu), took place from 24 October to 19 November 1917, near the town of Kobarid (now in Slovenia), on the Austro-Italian front of World War I.
The shrine was built between 1935 and 1938 on Monte Sei Busi [], one of the many rocky hills of the Karst Plateau whose possession was bitterly contested during the early battles of the Isonzo (Monte Sei Busi was attacked by the Italian Army during the First and Second Battle of the Isonzo, and finally captured during the Fourth Battle of the Isonzo).