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Description edit
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 Trieste and in the snows of the Dolomites. To maintain discipline, General Luigi Cadorna restored the Roman practice of decimation,... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Cadorna: Add a description of this character.
- Carso
- Wilson
- Boroevic
- Sonnino
- Capello
- Benito Mussolini
- Giolitti
- Conrad
- Caporetto
- Salandra
- Diaz
- Ungaretti
- Karl
- Gorizia
- Trento
- Gatti
- Marinetti
- Pollio
- Boselli
- Albertini
- Erwin Rommel
- Battisti
- Bissolati
- Della Sera
- Robertson
- Garibaldi
- Falkenhayn
- Pivko
- Georges Clemenceau
- Badoglio
- Barzini
- Gadda
- Boccioni
- Finzi
- Victor Emanuel
- Erich Ludendorff
- Douhet
- Mazzini
- Brusati
- Slataper
- Di Lana
- Joffre
- Giani Stuparich
- De Rossi
- Zeidler
- Douglas Haig
- Schneeberger
- Carl Von Clausewitz
Setting & Locations edit
- Italy
- Trieste
- Austria-hungary
- Rome
- Germany
- France
- Orlando
- Trentino
- Tolmein
- Vienna
- Serbia
- Russia
- Europe
- Paris
- Britain
- Friuli
- Venice
- Bainsizza
- Dalmatia
- Udine
- London
- Podgora
- Istria
- Tyrol
- Libya
- Monte Santo
- Castelletto
- Berlin
- Carzano
- Asiago
- Yugoslavia
- Veneto
- Balkans
- Romania
- Flitsch
- San Gabriele
- Bosnia
- Tagliamento
- Sabotino
- Tofana
- Padua
- Slovenia
- Galicia
- Piave
- Plava
- Mount Grappa
- Albania
- United States
- Hermada
Series & Lists edit
Authors & Contributors edit
- Mark Thompson (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Basic Books
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 0465013295
Page Count: 480
Publisher: Basic Books
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 0465013295
Page Count: 480
Awards edit
- Hessell-Tiltman Prize (2008/2009)
- The Orwell Prize (Finalist, 2009: Book Prize)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 940.4
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