✦ History

Part of World War I, Battles of the Isonzo

Battle of Caporetto

October 24 – November 19, 1917 · Kobarid, Slovenia

Result Central Powers victory

Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo; Austro-German breakthrough that routed the Italian Second Army.

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Allies

Central Powers

Italy
Austria-Hungary
German Empire
Kingdom of Bavaria
Luigi Cadorna military commander Luigi Capello military commander
Svetozar Boroević military commander Archduke Eugen of Austria military commander Otto von Below military commander

Strength and losses

Casualties
70,000

Units

2nd Army (Italy) 3rd Army (Italy)
14th Army (German Empire) 5th Army (Austria-Hungary) 51st Corps (German Empire) III Royal Bavarian Corps 117th Infantry Division (German Empire) 12th Division (German Empire) 26th Division (German Empire) 5th Division (German Empire)

Also involved 4