In 1915 the 100km-long river Isonzo formed the border of
Austria-Hungary and Italy, running north-south between high
mountains at the head of the Adriatic. Today it lies in Slovenia.
The Italians hoped to move north up the river valley and penetrate
the heartlands of Austria around Vienna, but in many battles
between 1915 and 1917 they were beaten back by the Austro-Hungarian
defenders who always had the advantage of high ground. Many
hundreds of thousands of Italian soldiers were sacrificed in
attacks which had no real hope of success.
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Editors, Litencyc. "First Battle of Isonzo". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 January 2008 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=4140, accessed 23 November 2024.]
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