Battles of the Isonzo, (1915–17), 12 battles along the Isonzo River on the eastern sector of the Italian Front in World War I. Although it is now located in Slovenia, the Isonzo River at the time ran roughly north-south just inside Austria along its bor
World War IA British soldier inside a trench on the Western Front during World War I, 1914–18. World War I 1914–1918 Also known as: First World War, Great War, WWI Written by Dennis E. Showalter Professor of History, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colo. Author ofThe Wars of Fred...
Italy between the Wars Italy fought WWI chiefly on the "Italian front" (the northeast of the Country) against the Austrian-Hungarian troops. It was essentially a war of position, with a number of tactically useless assaults and counterassaults on a difficult mountainous terrain, which ...