Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo
| Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo | |||||||
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| Part of the Italian Front of World War I | |||||||
Italian 75mm anti-aircraft gun during the Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Italy |
Austria-Hungary Germany | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Luigi Cadorna Luigi Capello Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia |
Arthur Arz von Straußenburg Svetozar Boroević von Bojna | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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Second Army Third Army | Army Group Boroević | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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600 battalions 5,200 guns |
250 battalions 2,200 guns | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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158,000 casualties: 30,000 dead 108,000 wounded 20,000 missing or taken prisoner |
115,000 casualties: 20,000 dead 45,000 wounded 30,000 missing 20,000 taken prisoner | ||||||
The Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo was a World War I battle fought by the Italian and Austro-Hungarian Armies on the Italian Front between 18 August and 12 September 1917.