Geography of War - The Battle of Vittorio Veneto
I am currently visiting Italy and in recognition of that fact I thought it might be interesting to look at an important moment in Italian military history. It comes from a war that receives fairly little mention in American textbooks, but is a battle of great importance to European history. I hope you enjoy and learn something new, as I have! The Battle of Vittorio Veneto (First World War) Date: October - November 1918 Modern Location: Northeastern Italy Combatants: Austro-Hungarian Army (led by Archduke Joseph August) vs Allied forces, including Italy, UK, France, and USA (led by General Armando Diaz) Summary: The two major armies fighting in the Italian theater of WWI had exchanged devastating victories over one another during the previous 12 months, with Austria-Hungary inflicting 300,000 casualties on the Italians at the Battle of Caporetto in November 1917, followed by Italy's successful defense in the Battle of Piave River in June 1918 that cost the invading army 118,000 c