Battles of the Isonzo
May 23, 1915 – October 27, 1917
Italy launched twelve offensives against Austria-Hungary along the Isonzo river. The first eleven gained little ground at huge cost, and the twelfth, at Caporetto, was a major Italian defeat.
Battles 12
June 23 – July 7, 1915
First Battle of the Isonzo
Limited Italian advance
First Battle of the Isonzo
Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Svetozar Boroević, Luigi Cadorna
July 18 – August 3, 1915
Second Battle of the Isonzo
Italian tactical victory
Soča
Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Svetozar Boroević, Luigi Cadorna
October 18 – November 3, 1915
Third Battle of the Isonzo
Austro-Hungarian victory
Soča
Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Svetozar Boroević, Luigi Cadorna
November 10 – December 2, 1915
Fourth Battle of the Isonzo
Italian victory
Soča
Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Svetozar Boroević, Luigi Cadorna
March 9–15, 1916
Fifth Battle of the Isonzo
Inconclusive
Soča
Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Svetozar Boroević, Luigi Cadorna
August 6–17, 1916
Battle of Gorizia (1916)
Italian victory
Battle of Gorizia (1916)
Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Svetozar Boroević, Luigi Cadorna
September 14–18, 1916
Seventh Battle of the Isonzo
Italian tactical victory
Soča
Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Svetozar Boroević, Luigi Cadorna
October 10–12, 1916
October 31 – November 4, 1916
Ninth Battle of the Isonzo
limited Italian advance in the northern part of the Karst Plateau
Soča
Svetozar Boroević, Luigi Cadorna
May 10 – June 8, 1917
August 18 – September 12, 1917
Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo
Italian tactical victory
Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo
Svetozar Boroević, Luigi Cadorna, Prince Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta
October 24 – November 19, 1917
Battle of Caporetto
Central Powers victory
Kobarid, Slovenia
Svetozar Boroević, Luigi Cadorna, Archduke Eugen of Austria
