Mountain warfare was particularly difficult, as the defenders had much more opportunities to attack the attackers with their weapons while overcoming the terrain obstacles, while the attacker could hardly harm [ … ]
Category: Battles
Przemysl
My great-grandfather fought with the Russians there, for me this is the most important consequence of the battle. The topic has been interpreted and processed by many people in many [ … ]
Sextener Rotwand
The mountain range of the Dolomites stretches along the south-eastern border of Tyrol. During the Italian attack in 1915, the front line was formed in this part roughly along the [ … ]
Col di Lana 2.
Immediately after the declaration of war against the Monarchy, Italy set about taking advantage of the surprise to advance along the country’s borders. In practice, this meant that he took [ … ]
Defense of Hermada during Summer 1917
The regiments of the 35th Division served on the Russian front in the first half of the Great War. In 1917, they were transferred to the Isonzo Front. In the [ … ]
The Easter battle of 1915 and IR 28
After the fall of Przemysl, from March 22, 1915, Russian pressure on the defense line of the 3rd Austro-Hungarian Army in the Carpathians intensified. The troops that had previously besieged [ … ]
Plava-Globna: monument of the 4th insurgents
In quieter periods, the troops erected monuments near the front line, tried to make their surroundings livable. The camps and smaller settlements where they rested were the most suitable for [ … ]
Aklos Inn
The military operations in the Eastern Carpathians from the fall of 1916 have already been discussed on this page. An outstanding event was the capture of Magyaros-height, which dominates the [ … ]
Punta Corbin
There is a badge which, according to its inscription, depicts the Doberdo. In Hungarian usage the name refers mainly to the Karst plateau named after Lake Doberdob. However, in a [ … ]
10th Isonzo battle “the largest”
According to the badge, the May 1917 Isonzo battle was the largest until then. In many ways this is true. In the spring and early summer of 1917, the opposing [ … ]