Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo

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Italian Front engagement World War I battle battle

The Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo was a large-scale 1917 Italian offensive against Austro-Hungarian forces along the Isonzo River that resulted in heavy casualties and set the stage for the disastrous Battle of Caporetto.

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Label	Occurrences
Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo canonical	5
11th Battle of the Isonzo	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Italian Front engagement ⓘ World War I battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo ⓘ surface form: 11th Battle of the Isonzo Undicesima battaglia dell'Isonzo ⓘ
belligerent	Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ Italy ⓘ
campaign	Battle of the Isonzo ⓘ surface form: Isonzo campaign
casualties	heavy ⓘ
characteristic	heavy casualties on both sides ⓘ large-scale Italian offensive ⓘ
commanderForAustriaHungary	Svetozar Boroević ⓘ
commanderForItaly	Luigi Cadorna ⓘ
conflictIn	World War I ⓘ
countryInvolved	Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ surface form: Austria-Hungary Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
dateEnd	1917-09-12 ⓘ
dateStart	1917-08-18 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Caporetto ⓘ Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo ⓘ
front	Italian Front ⓘ
frontLength	extended along much of the Isonzo sector ⓘ
historicalSignificance	contributed to exhaustion of Italian forces before Caporetto ⓘ one of the bloodiest engagements on the Italian Front ⓘ
location	Gorizia sector ⓘ surface form: Gorizia front Isonzo River ⓘ Julian Alps ⓘ Soča River ⓘ
notableFeature	fighting on mountainous terrain ⓘ intensive artillery preparation ⓘ
objective	break through Austro-Hungarian lines along the Isonzo River ⓘ capture positions on the Bainsizza Plateau ⓘ
partOf	Battle of the Isonzo ⓘ surface form: Battles of the Isonzo Italian Front ⓘ surface form: Italian Front of World War I
precededBy	Tenth Battle of the Isonzo ⓘ
primaryAttacker	Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ surface form: Italian Army
primaryDefender	Austro-Hungarian Army ⓘ
region	northeastern Italy ⓘ present-day Slovenia ⓘ
result	Austro-Hungarian defensive success ⓘ Italian offensive failed to achieve decisive breakthrough ⓘ
strategicConsequence	set the stage for the Battle of Caporetto ⓘ weakened Italian Army ⓘ
theater	European theatre of World War I ⓘ
timePeriod	August–September 1917 ⓘ
year	1917 ⓘ

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

Italian Front → majorBattle → Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo ⓘ

subject surface form: Italian Front (World War I)

Tenth Battle of the Isonzo → followedBy → Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo ⓘ

Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo → alsoKnownAs → Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo ⓘ

this entity surface form: 11th Battle of the Isonzo

Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo → precededBy → Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo ⓘ

Battle of Caporetto → precededBy → Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo ⓘ

Battle of the Isonzo → hasPart → Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo ⓘ