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Italian Fortifications On The Austro-Hungarian Border
Between the 1860s and the First World War the Kingdom of Italy built a number of fortifications along its border with Austria-Hungary. From 1859 the fortified border ran south from Switzerland to Lake Garda, between Italian Lombardy and Austrian Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, South Tyrol. After 1866 it extended to include the border between South Tyrol and Veneto, from Lake Garda to the Carnic Alps. This frontier was difficult to defend, since Austria-Hungary held the higher ground, and an invasion would immediately threaten the industrial and agricultural heartlands of the Po (river), Po valley. Between 1900 and 1910, Italy also built a series of fortifications along the defensive line of the Tagliamento to protect against an invasion from the northeast. The border with Switzerland was also fortified in what is known as the Cadorna Line. Construction The first wave of fortification building aimed to block the advance of Austrian armies of a traditional nature. From 1870 a second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forte Lisser - Torretta Corazzata A Scomparsa
Forte or Forté may refer to: Music *Forte (music), a musical dynamic meaning "loudly" or "strong" *Forte number, an ordering given to every pitch class set *Forte (notation program), a suite of musical score notation programs *Forte (vocal group), a classical crossover singing trio Computing *Forte 4GL, a proprietary application server *Forté Agent, an email and news client used on the Windows operating system *Forte TeamWare, a family of development environments from Sun Microsystems *NetBeans IDE, formerly Forté for Java Companies *Forté Internet Software, makers of Forté Agent *Forte Land, a large-scale real estate company in Shanghai, China *Forte Group, a former British hotel company *Forte Design Systems, a high level synthesis software company in San Jose, California *Trust House Forte, a British hotel and catering firm Fictional characters *Forte Stollen, a character from the Galaxy Angel anime *Bass (Mega Man), Bass (''Mega Man''), a character in ''Mega Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piave (river)
The Piave ( la, Plavis, German: ''Ploden'') is a river in northern Italy. It begins in the Alps and flows southeast for into the Adriatic Sea near the city of Venice. One of its tributaries is the Boite. In 1809 it was the scene of a battle during the Napoleonic Wars, in which Franco-Italian and Austrian forces clashed. In 1918, during World War I, it was the scene of Battle of the Piave River, the last major Austro-Hungarian attack on the Italian Front, which failed. The Battle of the Piave River was a decisive battle of World War I on the Italian Front. The river is thus called in Italy ''Fiume Sacro alla Patria'' (Sacred River of the Homeland) and is mentioned in the patriotic song "La leggenda del Piave". It was eventually followed by the Battle of Vittorio Veneto later that year. Viticulture North of the city of Venice along the Piave river valley is the ''Denominazione di origine controllata'' (DOC) zone that makes up the Veneto wine region known as the Piave DOC. Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigi Cadorna
Marshal of Italy Luigi Cadorna, (4 September 1850 – 21 December 1928) was an Italian general, Marshal of Italy and Count most famous for being the Chief of Staff of the Italian Army from 1914-1917 of World War I. Early career Luigi Cadorna was born to General Raffaele Cadorna in Verbania Pallanza, Piedmont in 1850. In 1860 Cadorna became a student at the "Teuliè" Military School in Milan. At fifteen he entered the Turin Military Academy. Upon graduation he was commissioned as a second lieutenant of artillery in 1868. In 1870, as an officer in the 2nd Regiment of Artillery, Cadorna participated in the occupation of Rome as part of a force commanded by his father. As major he was appointed to the staff of General Pianell, afterwards taking the post of Chief of Staff of the Verona Divisional Command. As Colonel commanding the 10th Regiment of Bersaglieri from 1892 Cadorna acquired a reputation for strict discipline and harsh punishment. He wrote a manual of infantry tactics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornino
Custonaci ( Sicilian: ''Custunaci'') is a town and '' comune'' in the province of Trapani, south-Western Sicily, southern Italy- Economy The coast around Mount Cofano attracts tourists to the seaside village of Cornino. References Municipalities of the Province of Trapani {{Sicily-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinzano Al Tagliamento
Pinzano al Tagliamento ( fur, Pinçan) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about northeast of Pordenone. Pinzano al Tagliamento borders the following municipalities: Castelnovo del Friuli, Clauzetto, Forgaria nel Friuli, Ragogna, San Daniele del Friuli, Sequals, Spilimbergo, Travesio, Vito d'Asio Vito d'Asio ( fur, Vît) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about northeast of Pordenone. Small villages (Frazione) Anduins, Casiacco, .... References Cities and towns in Friuli-Venezia Giulia {{FriuliVeneziaGiulia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Krauss (officer)
Alfred Krauss (26 April 1862, in Zara – 29 September 1938) was an Austro-Hungarian officer, privy councilor, and the last-appointed General of the Infantry in the Austro-Hungarian Army. From 1920 Krauss was the leader of the National Association of German Officers in Vienna. In the last year of his life he was appointed a member of the Reichstag for the NSDAP and a brigade leader in the SA.''Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950'' Volume 4, p. 221. Biography Family Alfred Krauss was born in Zadar, the son of the Austro-Hungarian General Staff Doctor Dr. med. Franz Krauss (1824–1905) and his wife Maria Rosalia (née Deixler; 1841–85). His younger bro ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Caporetto
The Battle of Caporetto (also known as the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo, the Battle of Kobarid or the Battle of Karfreit) was a battle on the Italian front of World War I. The battle was fought between the Kingdom of Italy and the Central Powers and took place from 24 October to 19 November 1917, near the town of Kobarid (now in north-western Slovenia, then part of the Austrian Littoral). The battle was named after the Italian name of the town (also known as ''Karfreit'' in German). Austro-Hungarian forces, reinforced by German units, were able to break into the Italian front line and rout the Italian forces opposing them. The battle was a demonstration of the effectiveness of the use of stormtroopers and the infiltration tactics developed in part by Oskar von Hutier. The use of poison gas by the Germans also played a key role in the collapse of the Italian Second Army. The rest of the Italian Army retreated to the Piave River, its effective strength declined from 1, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Asiago
The Battle of Asiago (Battle of the Plateaux) or the Südtirol Offensive (in Italian: Battaglia degli Altipiani), nicknamed ''Strafexpedition'' ("Punitive expedition") by the Italians, was a major counteroffensive launched by the Austro-Hungarians on the territory of Vicentine Alps in the Italian Front on 15 May 1916, during World War I. It was an unexpected attack that took place near Asiago in the province of Vicenza (now in northeast Italy, then on the Italian side of the border between the Kingdom of Italy and Austria-Hungary) after the Fifth Battle of the Isonzo (March 1916). Commemorating this battle and the soldiers killed in World War I is the Asiago War Memorial. Background Already for some time the Austro-Hungarian commander-in-chief, General Conrad von Hötzendorf, had been proposing the idea of a ''Strafexpedition'' that would lethally cripple Italy, Austria-Hungary's ex-ally, claimed to be guilty of betraying the Triple Alliance, and in previous years he had had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
