Caporetto and the Isonzo Campaign: The Italian Front 1915-1918

by Zeljko Cimpric, John MacDonald, John MacDonald

Book Overview

From May 1915 to October 1917 the armies of Italy and the Austro-Hungarian empire were locked into a series of twelve battles along the River Isonzo, a sixty-mile front from the Alps to the Adriatic. The campaign was fought in the most appalling terrain for combat, with horrendous casualties on both sides, often exceeding those of the more famous battles of the Great War. Yet this massive struggle is too often neglected in histories of the war which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1473845726
• ISBN13: 9781473845725
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.4"