✦ History

Part of World War I

Battle of Vittorio Veneto

October 24 – November 3, 1918 · Battle of Vittorio Veneto

Result Italian victory

The Italian offensive across the Piave that broke the Austro-Hungarian army and ended the war in Italy.

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Allies

Central Powers

Italy
United Kingdom
France
United States
Austria-Hungary
Armando Diaz military commander
Svetozar Boroević military commander Archduke Joseph August of Austria military commander Alexander von Krobatin military commander

Strength and losses

Casualties
40,917
Killed
7,000
Wounded
23,000
Aircraft
900
Guns
7,700

United Kingdom Casualties 2,139

United States Casualties 8

Strength
6
Casualties
528,000
Killed
30,000
Wounded
50,000
Captured
448,000
Guns
6,145
Guns captured
5,000

Units

3rd Army (Italy) 9th Army (Italy) American Expeditionary Forces Italian Eighth Army (1918) Italian Fourth Army (1915–1918) Twelfth Army (Italy) 23rd Division (United Kingdom) 7th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
5th Army (Austria-Hungary) 6th Army (Austria-Hungary)