Battle of Gorizia (1916)
The Sixth Battle of the Isonzo, better known as the Battle of Gorizia, was the most successful Italian offensive along the Soča (Isonzo) River during World War I.
| Sixth Battle of the Isonzo | |||||||||
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| Part of Italian Front First World War | |||||||||
9 August 1916 Italian cavalry enters Gorizia | |||||||||
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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) Erwin Zeidler von Görz (Commander of 58th Division) | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 203 battalions | 106 battalions | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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51,221 6,310 Killed 32,784 Wounded 12,127 Missing |
37,458 3,719 Killed 19,910 Wounded 13,829 Missing | ||||||||
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