✦ History

Part of World War I

Second Battle of the Piave River

June 15–23, 1918 · Second Battle of the Piave River

Result Italian victory

Austria-Hungary's last offensive, beaten on the Piave and the Asiago plateau.

On the map Contemporaries

Allies

Central Powers

Italy
United Kingdom
France
United States
Austria-Hungary
Armando Diaz military commander
Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf military commander Svetozar Boroević military commander Arthur Arz von Straußenburg military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
c. 965,000
Casualties
87,181
Deaths
8,396
Wounded
30,603
Captured
48,182
Aircraft
676
Guns
5,650
Strength
946,000
Casualties
118,042
Deaths
11,643
Wounded
80,852
Captured
25,547
Guns
6,833

Units

3rd Army (Italy) 9th Army (Italy) American Expeditionary Forces 23rd Division (United Kingdom)
5th Army (Austria-Hungary) 6th Army (Austria-Hungary) Austro-Hungarian 11th Army (1916–1918) Czechoslovak Legion