Battle of Monte Grappa

Coordinates: 45°51′N 11°44′E / 45.850°N 11.733°E / 45.850; 11.733
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Battles of Monte Grappa (1917–1918)
Part of the
First World War
Dateend of 1917 (1st battle), June 1918 (2nd battle) and end of 1918 (3rd battle)
Location
Monte Grappa, Italy
Result Italian victory
Belligerents
 Austria-Hungary
 German Empire (1917 only)		  Kingdom of Italy
Romanian Legion
Commanders and leaders
Archduke Eugen of Austria (1st)
Arz von Straußenburg (2nd and 3rd)		 Armando Diaz
Strength
120,000 134,000
Casualties and losses
21,000 during the first battle, 34,000 during the third battle 12,000 during the first battle, 17,000 during the third battle
View from the summit towards the Austrian positions

The Battles of Monte Grappa were a series of three battles which were fought during

Kingdom of Italy for control of the Monte Grappa massif, as it covered the left flank of the Italian Piave
front.

The first of these battles became the most famous as it brought the Austrian advance to a halt following

German Army's Alpenkorps failed to take the mountain's summit during the first battle of Monte Grappa from November 11, 1917, to December 23, 1917. Thus, the Italian front along the Piave river was stabilized and, although the Austrians could see Venice from their positions, they would never reach it. Italian casualties totaled 12,000 and Austrian casualties 21,000.[1]

The second battle of Monte Grappa was complementary to the wider

Austro–Hungarian Army
in World War I.

The third battle of Monte Grappa started on October 24, 1918, as part of the final Italian offensive of the war, when 9 Italian divisions attacked the Austrian positions on Monte Grappa. The Austrians answered by increasing their forces on the mountain from 9 to 15 divisions and thus committing all remaining reserves. But the worn down Austrian Army began a general retreat on October 28, when Czechoslovakia declared independence from Austria-Hungary.

Popular culture

Monte Grappa appears in Electronic Arts' 2016 first-person shooter video game Battlefield 1 as a multiplayer map. The map is set during the final Italian offensive in the Third Battle of Monte Grappa pitting Austro-Hungarian forces against the Kingdom of Italy. The map is part of the "Iron Walls" operation set during the 1918 Italian offensive.[2] The map also appears in the game as part of the singleplayer campaign under the name Avanti Savoia

See also

References

  1. ISBN 88-17-10711-5
    .
  2. ^ Campbell, Evan (2016-09-20). "Every Map and Mode Revealed for Battlefield 1". IGN. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
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