Fifth Battle of the Isonzo

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The Fifth Battle of the Isonzo was a brief, largely inconclusive Italian offensive against Austro-Hungarian forces along the Isonzo River in March 1916 during World War I.

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Fifth Battle of the Isonzo canonical 4
Fifth Isonzo Offensive 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I battle
battle
aim to pin down Austro-Hungarian forces
to relieve pressure on other Allied fronts
alsoKnownAs Fifth Battle of the Isonzo
surface form: Fifth Isonzo Offensive
belligerent Austro-Hungarian Empire
Italy
casualties thousands of casualties on both sides
characteristic brief offensive
largely inconclusive
limited Italian attack
commandedBy Luigi Cadorna
commander Luigi Cadorna
conflict World War I
countryInvolved Austro-Hungarian Empire
surface form: Austria-Hungary

Kingdom of Italy
date March 1916
endDate 1916-03-15
followedBy Sixth Battle of the Isonzo
front Italian Front
frontlineRegion Carso Plateau
Gorizia sector
historicalPeriod early 1916 on the Italian Front
involves Austro-Hungarian Army
Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy)
surface form: Italian Army
location Italian Front
surface form: Austro-Italian front

Isonzo River
Soča River
numberInSeries 5
opposingCommander Svetozar Boroević
Svetozar Boroević
surface form: Svetozar Borojević von Bojna
outcome minor territorial changes at most
partOf Battle of the Isonzo
surface form: Isonzo campaign

Italian Front
partOfSeries Battle of the Isonzo
surface form: Battles of the Isonzo
precededBy Fourth Battle of the Isonzo
primaryBelligerentSide Italy
primaryDefendingSide Austro-Hungarian Empire
surface form: Austria-Hungary
reasonForLimitedScope coordination with Allied offensives elsewhere
result inconclusive
stalemate
river Isonzo
startDate 1916-03-09
theater European theatre of World War I
typeOfWarfare mountain warfare
trench warfare
year 1916

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Italian Front majorBattle Fifth Battle of the Isonzo
subject surface form: Italian Front (World War I)
Fifth Battle of the Isonzo alsoKnownAs Fifth Battle of the Isonzo
this entity surface form: Fifth Isonzo Offensive
Sixth Battle of the Isonzo precededBy Fifth Battle of the Isonzo
Fourth Battle of the Isonzo followedBy Fifth Battle of the Isonzo
Battle of the Isonzo hasPart Fifth Battle of the Isonzo