Battle of Kobarid

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The Battle of Kobarid, better known as the Battle of Caporetto (1917), was a major World War I offensive on the Italian Front in which Austro-Hungarian and German forces broke through Italian lines, causing a devastating Italian retreat.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Kobarid canonical 2
Soča Front 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battaglia di Caporetto ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Caporetto
belligerent Austria-Hungary ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
cause Central Powers offensive on Italian Front ⓘ
commander Armando Diaz ⓘ
Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen ⓘ
Luigi Cadorna ⓘ
Otto von Below ⓘ
Svetozar Boroević ⓘ
conflictIn World War I ⓘ
consequence Allied military mission sent to Italy ⓘ
Italian retreat to the Piave River ⓘ
collapse of Italian Second Army front ⓘ
heavy Italian casualties and prisoners ⓘ
replacement of Luigi Cadorna by Armando Diaz ⓘ
strengthening of Italian defensive line on the Piave ⓘ
countryInvolved Austria-Hungary ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
dateEnd 1917-11-19 ⓘ
dateStart 1917-10-24 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of the Piave River ⓘ
front Italian Front ⓘ
hasAlias Battle of Caporetto ⓘ
Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo ⓘ
location Caporetto area, Kingdom of Italy (at the time) ⓘ
linked to: Italian Front

Soča (Isonzo) River sector ⓘ
linked to: Isonzo River

near Kobarid, present-day Slovenia ⓘ
namedAfter town of Kobarid ⓘ
notableFor large-scale Italian surrender and capture ⓘ
rapid Central Powers breakthrough ⓘ
opponent Austro-Hungarian Army ⓘ
German Army ⓘ
Italian Army ⓘ
partOf Italian Front of World War I ⓘ
linked to: Italian Front
precededBy Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo ⓘ
result Central Powers victory ⓘ
decisive defeat of Italy ⓘ
strategicObjective breakthrough of Italian lines on the Isonzo ⓘ
relieve pressure on Austro-Hungarian forces ⓘ
theatre Alpine theatre of World War I ⓘ
usedTactic infiltration tactics ⓘ
stormtrooper tactics ⓘ
usedWeapon artillery barrage ⓘ
poison gas ⓘ
year 1917 ⓘ

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

Battle of Caporetto → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Kobarid ⓘ
Mount Krn region → knownFor → Soča Front ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Kobarid
Kobarid → usedAsBattleName → Battle of Kobarid ⓘ