Second Battle of the Isonzo

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World War I battle battle

The Second Battle of the Isonzo was a 1915 World War I offensive in which Italian forces launched a costly but largely unsuccessful assault against Austro-Hungarian positions along the Isonzo River.

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Label	Occurrences
Second Battle of the Isonzo canonical	4
Second Isonzo	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War I battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Second Battle of the Isonzo ⓘ surface form: Second Isonzo
attacker	Italian forces ⓘ
belligerent	Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ surface form: Austria-Hungary Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
campaign	Battle of the Isonzo ⓘ surface form: Isonzo battles
casualties	heavy Austro-Hungarian casualties ⓘ heavy Italian casualties ⓘ
characteristic	heavy artillery bombardments ⓘ high casualties ⓘ mountain warfare ⓘ trench warfare ⓘ
combatant1	Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ surface form: Italian Army
combatant2	Austro-Hungarian Army ⓘ
commander1	Luigi Cadorna ⓘ
commander2	Svetozar Boroević ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ
country	Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ surface form: Austria-Hungary Italy ⓘ
countryOfAttacker	Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
countryOfDefender	Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ surface form: Austria-Hungary
dateEnd	1915-08-03 ⓘ
dateStart	1915-07-18 ⓘ
defender	Austro-Hungarian forces ⓘ
followedBy	Third Battle of the Isonzo ⓘ
front	Italian Front ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early phase of Italian participation in World War I ⓘ
location	Austro-Hungarian Littoral ⓘ Gorizia ⓘ Isonzo River ⓘ present-day Italy ⓘ present-day Slovenia ⓘ
militaryOperationType	offensive ⓘ
notableFeature	limited territorial gains for Italy ⓘ strong Austro-Hungarian defensive positions ⓘ
objective	breakthrough across the Isonzo River ⓘ capture of Gorizia ⓘ
outcome	Italian offensive failed to achieve major breakthrough ⓘ
partOf	Battle of the Isonzo ⓘ surface form: Isonzo campaign Italian Front ⓘ
precededBy	First Battle of the Isonzo ⓘ
result	Austro-Hungarian defensive victory ⓘ
river	Isonzo ⓘ Soča River ⓘ surface form: Soča
strategicContext	Italian attempts to seize territory from Austria-Hungary ⓘ
theatre	European theatre of World War I ⓘ
year	1915 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Italian Front → majorBattle → Second Battle of the Isonzo ⓘ

subject surface form: Italian Front (World War I)

Second Battle of the Isonzo → alsoKnownAs → Second Battle of the Isonzo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Isonzo

First Battle of the Isonzo → followedBy → Second Battle of the Isonzo ⓘ

Third Battle of the Isonzo → precededBy → Second Battle of the Isonzo ⓘ

Battle of the Isonzo → hasPart → Second Battle of the Isonzo ⓘ