Sixth Battle of the Isonzo

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Sixth Battle of the Isonzo
Part of the Italian Front (First World War)
Image:Italian troops at Isonzo river.jpg Italian troops entrenched along the Isonzo River.
Date 6 August-17 August, 1916 Location Gorizia, Italy Result Decisive Italian victory
Combatants
Image:Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Italy	Image:Austria-Hungary flag 1869-1918.svg Austria-Hungary
Commanders
Luigi Cadorna	Svetozar Boroević
Strength
22 divisions	9 divisions
Casualties
51,000	40,000

v • d • e Italian Front
1st Isonzo – 2nd Isonzo – 3rd Isonzo – 4th Isonzo – 5th Isonzo – Asiago – 6th Isonzo – 7th Isonzo – 8th Isonzo – 9th Isonzo – 10th Isonzo – Ortigara – 11th Isonzo – Caporetto – Piave River – Vittorio Veneto

The Sixth Battle of the Isonzo also known as the Battle of Gorizia was a decisive Italian victory along the Isonzo River during World War I.

Franz Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf had reduced the Austro-Hungarian forces along the Isonzo front to reinforce his Trentino Offensive. Italian Chief-of-Staff Luigi Cadorna made good use of railroads to quickly shift troops from Trentino back to the Isonzo line for an offensive against the weakened Austro-Hungarian defenses. On August 6 the offensive was launched against Gorizia. On August 8, Gorizia fell to Cadorna and a bridgehead was finally established across the Isonzo River. The Austro-Hungarians shifted troops to the Gorizia sector to prevent a breakthrough. Content with having established the bridgehead, Cadorna ended the offensive on August 17.

The attack on Gorizia was the most successful Italian offensive along the Isonzo lines and greatly boosted Italian morale. In the wake of the battle Italy finally declared war against Germany, on August 28.

[edit] See also

• First Battle of the Isonzo - 23 June–7 July, 1915
• Second Battle of the Isonzo - 18 July–3 August, 1915
• Third Battle of the Isonzo - 18 October–3 November, 1915
• Fourth Battle of the Isonzo - 10 November–2 December, 1915
• Fifth Battle of the Isonzo - 9–17 March, 1916
• Seventh Battle of the Isonzo - 14–17 September, 1916
• Eighth Battle of the Isonzo - 10–12 October, 1916
• Ninth Battle of the Isonzo - 1–4 November, 1916
• Tenth Battle of the Isonzo - 12 May–8 June, 1917
• Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo - 19 August–12 September, 1917
• Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo - 24 October–7 November, 1917 also known as the Battle of Caporetto

[edit] References

• Tucker, Spencer The Great War:1914-18 (1998)

[edit] External links

• Sixth Battle of the Isonzo
• FirstWorldWar.Com: The Battles of the Isonzo, 1915-17
• Battlefield Maps: Italian Front
• 11 Battles at the Isonzo
• The Walks of Peace in the Soča Region Foundation. The Foundation preserves, restores and presents the historical and cultural heritage of the First World War in the area of the Isonzo Front for the study, tourist and educational purposes.
• The Kobarid Museum (in English)
• Društvo Soška Fronta (in Slovenian)
• Pro Hereditate - extensive site (in En/It/Sl)