Caporetto

The last, known as Caporetto, ended in a heavy Italian defeat, which finally led to the incompetent Cadorna's removal.

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Hemingway portrays his bitter disillusionment in the wounding of Frederic Henry, the retreat from Caporetto, the arduous escape by rowboat into Switzerland and the death of Catherine Barkley in childbirth.

Hemingway's Achievement Jeffrey Meyers 2011

Hemingway portrays his bitter disillusionment in the wounding of Frederic Henry, the retreat from Caporetto, the arduous escape by rowboat into Switzerland and the death of Catherine Barkley in childbirth.

Hemingway's Achievement Jeffrey Meyers 2011

Although the American entry in 1917 was a boon to the Allies, a series of four disasters marred that year: a failed French offensive that resulted in mutinies in the spring, a costly British offensive in Passchendaele that lasted from late summer into November, an Austro-German breakthrough against the Italians at Caporetto in the fall, and the impending collapse of the Eastern Front as the Bolsheviks came into power in Russia in November.

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

Although the American entry in 1917 was a boon to the Allies, a series of four disasters marred that year: a failed French offensive that resulted in mutinies in the spring, a costly British offensive in Passchendaele that lasted from late summer into November, an Austro-German breakthrough against the Italians at Caporetto in the fall, and the impending collapse of the Eastern Front as the Bolsheviks came into power in Russia in November.

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

The Italian prisoners enjoyed a higher standard of living until the Caporetto disaster in October 1917.

Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008

The Austro-Hungarians gained approximately 300,000 Italian prisoners of war as a result of the Battle of Caporetto in October 1917 as Austro-German forces broke out of their alpine redoubts and advanced south to the Piave River in northeastern Italy.

Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008

The Central Powers captured large numbers of Italian prisoners in the Battle of Caporetto.

Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008

Large numbers of Italian prisoners appeared in the German empire after the Italian front collapsed as a result of the Battle of Caporetto in September 1917.

Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008

Italian prisoners joined this group of indigent POWs after the Battle of Caporetto when the Italian government decided to cut off food parcels to Central Power prison camps because officials in Rome labeled these prisoners deserters.

Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008