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How significant and impactful were the geographical and military…
How significant and impactful were the geographical and military strategies of Italy and the Central Powers in the outcome of the battle of Caporetto?
History
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Major Commanders involved-
Austria-Hungary- Arz von Straussenberg
Germany- Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff
Italy- Luigi Cadorna
dates- 24 Oct 1917 – 19 Nov 1917
Location- Kobarid, Austria- Hungary(present day Slovenia), Matajur, Soca
Combatants- Italy, Austria-Hungary, Germany
Consequences-
The Italian Army suffered major losses at Caporetto in terms of prisoners taken and equipment lost.
Italy won previous Isonzo battles but only to have no man power left.
Several changes were made after this Italian disaster. There was change in military command
A new ministry was assigned
The battle ended on December as the snows came in
Start- On October 24, after four hours of shelling with gas and one hour of general bombardment, the Battle of Caporetto began
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Reason- They wanted to seize the Italian speaking areas surrounding the border
Italian gas masks proved unable to deal with the German gasesThe fight was an exhibit of the viability of the utilization of stormtroopers and the infiltration tactics mostly developed and effectively introduced by Oskar von Hutier.
Cardona was a bad leader who did not listen to his subordinates. He had poor leadership and lacked military skills. Soldiers weren't motivated because of him
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Battle of Caporetto-October 24–December 19, 1917
It was between the Central powers- Germany and Austria Hungary and Italy
300,000 casualties and 265,000 prisoners
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The battle was fought october onwards- The weather was very cold at this period. By December from 16 degrees it came to 0 degrees celsius. The soldiers were extremely tired.
Location- Kobarid, Austria-Hungary; (present day Slovenia). This was North- Eastern Italy
The Austrio- Hungarians took advantage of this elevated region and based their defense on their location.
Something Italy failed to do.
German and Austro-Hungarian tactics
infiltration tactics
saturation bombardments combining high-explosive and gas shells
swift penetration at weak points
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What led to the outcome+ conequences
The battle proved as an Italian disaster as they had no strategy.
They were easily beaten my several tactics and faced many consequences.
The Italian transport had been outrun
The country was damaged and significantly purged
There was a change in military command and a formation of a new ministry.
