First Battle of the Piave River
| First Battle of the Piave River | |||||||
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| Part of First World War | |||||||
 Italian troops on the new Piave front | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Austria-Hungary German Empire |
 Kingdom of Italy | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Otto von Below Archduke Eugen of Austria |
Mario Nicolis di Robilant Armando Diaz | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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14th Army11th Army |
4th Army | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| ~21,000 | ~12,000 | ||||||
The First Battle of the Piave River (
Kingdom of Italy along the Piave
river.
The Italian Army was in all-out retreat after the
Second Army
.
The Austro-Hungarians, despite help from the
German Army's Alpenkorps
and numerical superiority, failed to take the mountain's summit during the first battle of Monte Grappa, which lasted from November 11, 1917, to December 23, 1917. Armando Diaz allowed his local commanders much more freedom of manoeuvre than his predecessor, which resulted in a more elastic and effective Italian defense.
Thus the Italian front along the Piave river was stabilized and the Austro-Hungarians failed to enter the plains beyond and to take the city of Venice.
See also
References
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- Silvestri, Mario. (2006). Caporetto, una battaglia e un enigma. Bur, Bergamo. ISBN 88-17-10711-5.
- Monte Grappa
- Cutolo, Francesco: Monte Grappa, Battle of , in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War, ed. by Ute Daniel, Peter Gatrell, Oliver Janz, Heather Jones, Jennifer Keene, Alan Kramer, and Bill Nasson, issued by Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin 2018-06-22. DOI: 10.15463/ie1418.11278. https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/monte_grappa_battle_of