Thread: Frozen World War I Soldiers Appear In The Alps

The White War — a snow-bound World War I battle between Italy and Austria — claimed the lives of countless soldiers way up in the Alps. Now, melting ice is revealing frozen soldiers, some of them perfectly preserved — but not Captain America-preserved — for nearly a century.



Frozen World War I Soldiers Appear In The Alps | Gizmodo Australia

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/w...-soldiers.html

Yes, the Italians did a deal with England & France, & jumped ship from their allies , the Hapsburgs. They got flogged at Caporetto, where a German officer, who became famous in WW2, stood out. His name? Erwin Rommel.Bob




The rout of Caporetto[edit]


Map showing the Italian losses after the Caporetto breakthrough.


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Though the last Italian offensive had proven inconclusive, the Austrians were in strong need of reinforcements. These became available when Russia crumbled and German troops from the Eastern front were sent to the Isonzo front. On 24 October 1917, the Central Powers troops broke through the Italian lines in the upper Isonzo, converging on Kobarid - (the modern Kobarid - and surrounding the 2nd Italian Army. The Italian army commander, Luigi Capello, had been informed of a probable enemy attack, but had underestimated it.
From that area the Austro-Hungarians advanced for 150 km (93 mi) south-west, reaching Udine - after only four days. The defeat of Caporetto caused the disintegration of the whole Italian front of the Isonzo. The situation was re-established by forming a stop line on the Tagliamento - and then on the Piave rivers, but at the price of 700,000 dead, wounded and prisoners.[Wikipedia:Citation needed - Cadorna, who had tried to attribute the causes of the disasters to the 2nd Army, was fired. On 8 November 1917 he was replaced by Armando Diaz -