Luigi Cadorna

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Luigi Cadorna was an Italian general best known for serving as Chief of Staff of the Italian Army during World War I, where he led Italy through much of the Isonzo campaign before being dismissed after the Caporetto disaster.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Luigi Cadorna canonical 33
Cadorna 3
General Luigi Cadorna 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian general ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
appointedChiefOfStaff 1914 ⓘ
birthDate 1850-09-04 ⓘ
birthPlace Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
Pallanza ⓘ
burialPlace Sacrario Militare di Redipuglia ⓘ
conflict Italo-Turkish War ⓘ
Third Italian War of Independence ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Italy ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
deathDate 1928-12-21 ⓘ
deathPlace Bordighera ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
educatedAt Royal Military Academy of Turin ⓘ
endOfTermAsChiefOfStaff 1917 ⓘ
era World War I era ⓘ
linked to: World War I
familyName Cadorna ⓘ
linked to: Luigi Cadorna
father Raffaele Cadorna ⓘ
givenName Luigi ⓘ
historicalReputation controversial ⓘ
honorificTitle Marshal of Italy ⓘ
languageSpoken Italian ⓘ
memberOf Italian Senate ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Italian Army ⓘ
linked to: Regio Esercito
militaryDoctrine offensive à outrance ⓘ
militaryRank General ⓘ
name Luigi Cadorna ⓘ
notableEvent Battle of Caporetto ⓘ
Isonzo campaign ⓘ
Italian Front of World War I ⓘ
linked to: Italian Front
notableWork Command of Italian forces on the Isonzo Front in World War I ⓘ
notedFor association with the Caporetto disaster ⓘ
leading Italian Army in early years of World War I ⓘ
numberOfIsonzoOffensivesDirected 11 ⓘ
occupation military officer ⓘ
positionHeld Chief of Staff of the Italian Army ⓘ
Field Marshal of Italy ⓘ
Senator of the Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
predecessor Alberto Pollio ⓘ
promotedToGeneral early 20th century ⓘ
reasonForDismissal Defeat at the Battle of Caporetto ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Caporetto
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
styleOfCommand emphasis on frontal assaults ⓘ
rigid discipline ⓘ
successor Armando Diaz ⓘ

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Referenced by (38)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Italian Front (World War I) → opponentCommander → Luigi Cadorna ⓘ
subject linked to: Italian Front
Maresciallo d'Italia → notableHolder → Luigi Cadorna ⓘ
First Battle of the Isonzo → commander → Luigi Cadorna ⓘ
Battle of the Piave River → commander → Luigi Cadorna ⓘ
Battle of Vittorio Veneto → commander → Luigi Cadorna ⓘ
Luigi Cadorna → name → Luigi Cadorna ⓘ
Luigi Cadorna → familyName → Cadorna ⓘ
linked to: Luigi Cadorna
Third Battle of the Isonzo → commander → Luigi Cadorna ⓘ
Fifth Battle of the Isonzo → commander → Luigi Cadorna ⓘ
Regio Esercito → notableCommander → Luigi Cadorna ⓘ
Eighth Battle of the Isonzo → commander → Luigi Cadorna ⓘ
Armando Diaz → replaced → Luigi Cadorna ⓘ
Ninth Battle of the Isonzo → commander → Luigi Cadorna ⓘ
Tenth Battle of the Isonzo → commander → Luigi Cadorna ⓘ
Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo → sideCommanded → Luigi Cadorna, Italian Army ⓘ
linked to: Luigi Cadorna
Battle of Caporetto → commander → Luigi Cadorna ⓘ
Gorizia sector → associatedWith → General Luigi Cadorna ⓘ
linked to: Luigi Cadorna
Raffaele Cadorna → familyName → Cadorna ⓘ
linked to: Luigi Cadorna
Raffaele Cadorna → child → Luigi Cadorna ⓘ
Battle of Kobarid → commander → Luigi Cadorna ⓘ
Carlo Cadorna → familyName → Cadorna ⓘ
linked to: Luigi Cadorna
Carlo Cadorna → fatherOf → Luigi Cadorna ⓘ
Milan Metro at Cadorna → namedAfter → Luigi Cadorna ⓘ
Piazzale Cadorna → namedAfter → Luigi Cadorna ⓘ