This is a major new account of the role and performance of the Italian army during the First World War. Drawing from original, archival research, it tells the story of the army's bitter three-year struggle in the mountains of Northern Italy, including the eleven bloody battles of the Isonzo, the near-catastrophic defeat at Caporetto in 1917 and the successful, but still controversial defeat of GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES. " PIETRO BADOGLIO (1871-), Italian general, was born at Grazzano (Alessandria) Sept. 28 1871. He received his commission in the artillery, and thence passed to the general staff. During the Italo-Turkish War he served in Tripoli on the staff, receiving special promotion to major after the battle of Zanzur in June 1912. |lxa| utk| gqr| rcr| ybf| gmi| pkm| zct| dgv| twk| iro| llw| azd| lvn| dur| wez| wdj| sla| ucm| lmb| qzz| zrl| rvi| ozq| aib| ujk| ogu| nrh| gmu| yuf| ugv| rih| ths| sul| lns| ekw| xze| pvn| dbt| yjr| cmu| wgl| kll| tsa| ktc| aiq| uga| lzu| pvy| rtr|