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Neutral??
A few days after the outbreak of the conflict the government, led by the conservative Antonio Salandra, declared that Italy would not commit its troops, maintaining that the Triple Alliance had only a defensive stance, whereas Austria-Hungary had been the aggressor. -
Italy is on the fence
Italy joined the Entente but is still part of the Triple Alliance. CAN YOU DO THAT. OMG -
Italy has decided
Italy officially rejected the Triple Alliance. -
WAR IS DECLARED
Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary, followed by Germany fifteen months later. -
PREEMPTIVE STRIKE
The first shells were fired in the dawn against the enemy positions of Cervignano del Friuli, and was captured a few hours later. -
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The FIrst-Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo
The first Ten battles were bascially a stalemate because Austia had a small amount of troops compared to Italy, but had great terrain positoning. Italy had poor stratigical planning. The eleventh battle was a big push and had Austria on the run, but ran out of artillery and lost the supply line. -_- Fail -
Italy stops the assult
Thus the Austro-Hungarian line ultimately held and the attack was abandoned. Italy=Fail Austro=Win Italy < Austro -
Italy gets Owned
Since Russia is swept from the war, the Central Powers had extra troops. They surrounded the 2nd Italian Army. ( Many men were killed during the event of which I am speaking of). -
Lets give it one more push Central Powers ...is this how it ends...
The Central Powers ended with a general offensive on the Piave.New reinforcements joined in after the end of the war against Russia. The Italians resisted the assault. The failure of the offensive marked the swan song of Austria-Hungary on the Italian front.Italy said," CAN'T LET YOU DO THAT AUSTRO" -
LIGHTNING STRIKE.....
The Italians rescheduled their planned 1919 counter-offensive in order to prevent Austria-Hungary's recovery.
