Battle of Doberdò
The Battle of Doberdò took place in August 1916, fought by the Kingdom of Italy and Austria-Hungary. The Austro-Hungarian army was primarily made up of regiments filled with Hungarians and Slovenians. The battle was a part of the Sixth Battle of the Isonzo, and occurred in a strategic area: the most western edge of the Karst Plateau. The Italians had already conquered the lowland area surrounding Monfalcone and Ronchi, and attempted to push over the Karst Plateau to seize control of the major road that linked the city of Trieste, with its important port, to Gorizia. After fierce combat, and sustaining heavy casualties, the Italian forces secured victory, forcing the Austro-Hungarian forces to retreat, and capturing Gorizia.
| Battle of Doberdò | |||||||
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| Part of the Italian Front of the First World War | |||||||
Depiction of the Battle of Doberdò. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Kingdom of Italy | Austria-Hungary | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Luigi Cadorna (Chief of Staff of the Italian Army) Settimio Piacentini (Commander of Second Army) Luigi Capello (Commander of VI Corps of Second Army) Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia (Commander of Third Army) |
Archduke Friedrich (Supreme Commander of the Austro-Hungarian Army) Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (Chief of the General Staff) Svetozar Boroević von Bojna (Commander of Fifth Army) | ||||||
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2nd Army 3rd Army | 5th Army | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 6,000 casualties | 9,300 casualties | ||||||
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