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This work concerns the Battle of Caporetto in October 1917, where the Austro-German Army broke through the Italian lines forcing them to retreat after losing ha

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 Ita

In May 1915, Italy declared war on the Habsburg Empire. Nearly 750,000 Italian troops were killed in savage, hopeless fighting on the stony hills north of Tries

The first global history of 1917 -- a turning point in the development of WWI and of the modern world. Blends political and military history to highlight the ke

Italian performance in the First World War has been generally disparaged or ignored compared to that of the armies on the Western Front, and troop morale in par