The Italian Front was the theatre of the First World War where Italy fought Austria-Hungary along a line from the Alps to the Adriatic. Italy joined the Allies in 1915, after being promised territory in the secret Treaty of London, and Italian armies launched repeated offensives along the Isonzo river, with twelve battles in all, at very high cost. Much of the war was fought in high mountains, with soldiers living on glaciers and tunnelling through rock. In late 1917 Austro-Hungarian and German forces broke through at Caporetto, forcing a long Italian retreat to the Piave river. Italy recovered, and a final offensive at Vittorio Veneto in 1918 led to the Austro-Hungarian collapse and an armistice.
Before and after
- from 21 April 1915 to 25 May 1915Second Battle of Ypres
- from 25 April 1915 to 9 January 1916Gallipoli Campaign
- 26 April 1915Treaty of London
- from 9 May 1915 to 18 June 1915Second Battle of Artois
- from 23 May 1915 to 6 November 1918Italian Front
- 10 June 1915Birth of Saul Bellow
- from 13 July 1915 to 24 August 1915Narew Offensive
- 5 August 1915Construction of Hiroshima Peace Memorial
- from 8 August 1915 to 19 August 1915Battle of the Gulf of Riga
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