| Battle of Asiago Strafexpedition | |||||||
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| Part of the Italian Front (First World War) | |||||||
 The remaining alpine vegetation after the attack on Asiago. The Italian campaign refers to a series of battles fought between the armies of Austria-Hungary and Italy, along with their allies in northern Italy between 1915 World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
.svg/25px-Flag_of_Italy_(1861-1946).svg.png){kind=small} Italy |  Austria-Hungary | ||||||
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| Luigi Cadorna, Roberto Brusati replaced by Guglielmo Pecori Giraldi | Conrad von Hötzendorf, Archduke Eugen of Austria, Victor Dankl, Hermann Kovess | ||||||
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| 172 battalions, 850 guns | 300 battalions, 2,000 guns | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 140,000 casualties (12,000 dead, 80,000 wounded, 50,000 taken prisoner) | 100,000 casualties (15,000 dead, 75,000 wounded, 15,000 missing and taken prisoner) | ||||||
The Battle of Asiago or Battle of the Plateaux (in Italian: Battaglia degli Altipiani), nicknamed Strafexpedition ("Punitive expedition") by the Austrians, was a counteroffensive launched by the Austro-Hungarians on the Italian Front on May 15, 1916, during World War I. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year This article is about the settlement in the Province of Vicenza Italy The Province of Trento (Provincia autonoma di Trento also called Trentino, is an Autonomous province of Italy. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest The Kingdom of Italy ( Italian: Regno d'Italia) was a state forged in 1861 by the unification of Italy under the influence of the Kingdom Luigi Cadorna ( September 4, 1850 &ndash December 21, 1928) was an Italian Field Marshal most famous for being the Commander-in-Chief Count Francis Conrad von Hötzendorf ( German: Franz Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf) Archduke Eugen Ferdinand Pius Bernhard Felix Maria of Austria-Teschen ( May 21 1863 &ndash December 30 1954) was an Archduke Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza ( March 30, 1854 &ndash September 22, 1924) was the final and completely ceremonial Commander-in-Chief The Italian campaign refers to a series of battles fought between the armies of Austria-Hungary and Italy, along with their allies in northern Italy between 1915 Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All It was an unexpected attack that took place near Asiago in the province of Vicenza (now in northeast Italy, then part of Austria-Hungary) after the Fifth Battle of the Isonzo (March 1916). This article is about the settlement in the Province of Vicenza Italy Vicenza, a city in northern Italy, is the capital of the eponymous province in the Veneto region at the northern base of the Monte Berico The Kingdom of Italy ( Italian: Regno d'Italia) was a state forged in 1861 by the unification of Italy under the influence of the Kingdom The Fifth Battle of the Isonzo was fought from March 9 -15 1916 between the armies of the Kingdom of Italy and those of Austria-Hungary.
Austro-Hungarians Prepartaions
Already for some time the Austrian commander-in-chief, General Conrad von Hötzendorf, had been proposing the idea of a Strafexpedition that would lethally cribble the Italian ex-ally, guilty of having betrayed the Triple Alliance, and in previous years he had had the frontiered studied in order to formulate studies with regard to a possible invasion. Count Francis Conrad von Hötzendorf ( German: Franz Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf)
The problem had appeared to be serious, mostly because the frontier ran through high mountains and the limited Italian advances of 1915 had worsened the situation and excluded a great advance beyond the valleys of Valsuganaand Val Lagarina (both connected by railroad) and the plateaus of Lavarone, Folgaria and Asiago. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Valsugana valley is one of the most important valleys in the autonomous Province of Trento (also called Trentino) of Northern Italy. Lavarone is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Trento in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about Folgaria is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Trento in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about This article is about the settlement in the Province of Vicenza Italy
The geographic location of the routes of advance was condusive to the original plan which called for an advance from Trent to Venice, isolating the Italian 2nd and 3rd Armies who were fighting on the Isonzo and the Italian 4th Army who was defending the Belluno region and the eastern Trentino. Venice ( Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venesia or Venexia) is a city in Northern Italy, the capital of the The Soča (in Slovene) or Belluno ( Italian: Belluno; Friulian: Belun; German: Beilun) is a town in the Veneto region of northern The Province of Trento (Provincia autonoma di Trento also called Trentino, is an Autonomous province of Italy.
The preparations for the battle begand in december 1915, when Conrad von Hötzendorf proposed to his German opposite number, General Erich von Falkenhayn, shifting divisions from the Eastern Front in Galicia to the Tyrol, substituting them with German divisions. Count Francis Conrad von Hötzendorf ( German: Franz Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf) Erich von Falkenhayn ( 11 September 1861 &ndash 8 April 1922) was a German Soldier and Chief of the General Staff The Eastern Front was a theatre of war during World War I in Central and primarily Eastern Europe. Galicia (Галичина ( Halychyna) Galicja is a historical region in East Central Europe, currently divided between Poland and Ukraine, After having received a negative reply from the German, who refused the proposed replacement and actively tried to discourage the Austro-Hungarian proposed attack, Conrad von Hötzendorf decided to operate autonomiously. Count Francis Conrad von Hötzendorf ( German: Franz Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf) The 11th Austro-Hungarian Army, under the command of Count Victor Dankl, would carry out the offensive followed by the 3rd Army under Hermann Kovess. Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza ( March 30, 1854 &ndash September 22, 1924) was the final and completely ceremonial Commander-in-Chief
It was not so easy, however, because the Italians had deployed in the area about 250,000 troops (General Brusati's First Army and part of the Fourth Army). Hötzendorff had asked Germany for help, but his request was denied because Germany was not yet at war with Italy (which would declare war on Germany three months later), and because redeploying German units on the Italian Front would have diminished German offensive capability against Russia. The German Empire is the name commonly used in English to describe Germany from 1871 to 1918 when it was a semi- Constitutional monarchy: beginning with the Unification
Italian intelligence had been gathering information about an impending enemy offensive in Trentino — and a big one — for about a month, but Cadorna dismissed those reports, persuaded as he was that nothing could happen in that region.
On May 15, 2,000 Austrian artillery guns opened a heavy barrage against the Italian lines, setting Trentino afire. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the The Austrian infantry attacked along a 50km front. The Italian wings stood their ground, but the center yielded, and the Austrians broke through, reaching the beginning of the Venetian plain. With Vicenza about 30 km away, all the Italian forces on the Isonzo faced outflanking. Vicenza, a city in northern Italy, is the capital of the eponymous province in the Veneto region at the northern base of the Monte Berico
Cadorna hastily sent reinforcements to the First Army, and deployed the newly formed Fifth Army to engage the enemy in case they succeeded in entering the plain. The situation was critical.
However, on June 4, the Russians unexpectedly took the initiative in Galicia, where they managed to enter Austrian soil. Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. Galicia (Галичина ( Halychyna) Galicja is a historical region in East Central Europe, currently divided between Poland and Ukraine, Although they were effectively countered by German troops, Hötzendorf was forced quickly to withdraw half of his divisions from Trentino. With that, the Strafexpedition could no longer be sustained and the Austrians retired from many of their positions. Italian troops in the region were increased to 400,000 to counter the Austrian positions.
Although the Strafexpedition had been checked, it had political consequences in Italy: the Salandra Cabinet fell, and Paolo Boselli became the new Prime Minister. Antonio Salandra ( 1853-08-13 &ndash 1931-12-09) was a conservative Italian politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy Paolo Boselli ( June 8, 1838 &ndash March 10, 1932) was an Italian politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy
- see also: de:Österreich-Ungarns Südtiroloffensive 1916 (german)
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