Battle of Vittorio Veneto

BelligerentsItaly
United Kingdom
France
United StatesAustria-HungaryCommanders and leadersArmando DiazSvetozar Boroević
AD. Joseph August
Alexander von KrobatinStrength

• 56 divisions
  • 51 divisions
  • 3 divisions
  • 2 divisions
  • 1 regiment
  • 900 aircraft
  • 7,700 artillery pieces

56 divisions - 50 infantry, 6 cavalry, 6,145 artillery piecesCasualties and losses

• 40,917
  • 38,000
    • 7,000 killed
    • 23,000 wounded
    • 8,000 missing and captured
  • 2,139
  • 778
  • 8

• 528,000
  • 30,000 killed
  • 50,000 wounded
  • 448,000 captured
  • 5,000+ artillery pieces captured

The Battle of Vittorio Veneto was fought from 24 October to 4 November 1918 near Vittorio Veneto on the Italian Front during World War I. After having defeated Austro-Hungarian troops during the Second Battle of the Piave River and recognizing the dire internal situation of Austria-Hungary caused by the course of the war and the blockade of the Adriatic at sea, the Royal Italian Army launched a major offensive: the Italian victory marked the end of the war on the Italian Front and the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, contributing to the end of the First World War just one week later. The battle led to the capture of over 5,000 artillery pieces and 448,000 Austro-Hungarian troops, including Germans, Hungarians, Czechs, Slovaks, Slovenes, Croatians, Poles, Romanians, Ukrainians, and also a small number of Austro-Hungarian Italians.