Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Twelfth_Battle_of_the_Isonzo
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:battle
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Battle_of_Caporetto
gptkbp:casualties about 70,000 casualties (Central Powers)
over 10,000 killed (Italy)
over 265,000 captured or missing (Italy)
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Austria-Hungary
gptkb:German_Empire
gptkb:Kingdom_of_Italy
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Luigi_Cadorna
gptkb:Otto_von_Below
gptkb:Svetozar_Boroević
gptkbp:endDate 7 November 1917
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Battle_of_the_Piave_River
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo
gptkbp:location gptkb:Isonzo_River
near Kobarid, present-day Slovenia
gptkbp:notableFor use of infiltration tactics
mass Italian surrender
use of poison gas by Central Powers
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Eleventh_Battle_of_the_Isonzo
gptkbp:result Central Powers victory
gptkbp:significance major Italian defeat
collapse of Italian Second Army
led to Italian retreat
gptkbp:startDate 24 October 1917
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_Caporetto
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Isonzo
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5