Battle of the Piave River

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World War I battle battle

The Battle of the Piave River was a pivotal 1918 World War I engagement in which Italian forces, with Allied support, halted and repelled a major Austro-Hungarian offensive, marking a turning point on the Italian Front.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Battle of the Piave River canonical 4
Second Battle of the Piave River 3
Battle of Piave River (1809) 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battaglia del Solstizio ⓘ
Battaglia del Solstizio ⓘ
surface form: Battle of the Solstice

Battle of the Piave River ⓘ
surface form: Second Battle of the Piave River
belligerent Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Austria-Hungary

Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ
France ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
campaign Battle of Vittorio Veneto ⓘ
surface form: 1918 Italian campaign
casualties heavy on both sides ⓘ
commander Armando Diaz ⓘ
Conrad von Hötzendorf ⓘ
surface form: Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf

Luigi Cadorna ⓘ
Svetozar Boroević ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
country Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
date 1918 ⓘ
endDate 1918-06-23 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Vittorio Veneto ⓘ
front Italian Front ⓘ
location Piave River ⓘ
Veneto ⓘ
notableFeature extensive use of artillery ⓘ
fighting along river crossings and bridges ⓘ
objective Austro-Hungarian attempt to break Italian lines ⓘ
Austro-Hungarian attempt to force Italy out of the war ⓘ
outcome Austro-Hungarian offensive repelled ⓘ
partOf Italian Front ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Caporetto ⓘ
result Italian victory ⓘ
riverCrossing Piave River ⓘ
significance halted final major Austro-Hungarian offensive in Italy ⓘ
turning point on the Italian Front ⓘ
startDate 1918-06-15 ⓘ
strategicEffect boosted Italian morale ⓘ
set conditions for Italian offensive at Vittorio Veneto ⓘ
weakened Austro-Hungarian army ⓘ
supportedBy Allied forces ⓘ
American forces ⓘ
British Commonwealth forces ⓘ
surface form: British forces

French forces ⓘ
theater European theatre of World War I ⓘ
typeOfEngagement offensive-defensive operation ⓘ
year 1918 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Italian Front → majorBattle → Battle of the Piave River ⓘ
subject surface form: Italian Front (World War I)
War of the Fifth Coalition → hasPart → Battle of the Piave River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Piave River (1809)
Bersaglieri → notableEngagement → Battle of the Piave River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of the Piave River (1918)
Battle of the Piave River → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Piave River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Battle of the Piave River
Armando Diaz → battle → Battle of the Piave River ⓘ
Piave River → notableEvent → Battle of the Piave River ⓘ
Piave River → notableEvent → Battle of the Piave River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Battle of the Piave River
Battle of Caporetto → followedBy → Battle of the Piave River ⓘ
Archduke John of Austria → notableBattle → Battle of the Piave River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of the Piave River (1809)
Battle of Sacile → followedBy → Battle of the Piave River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Piave River
Battle of Raab → precededBy → Battle of the Piave River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Piave River (1809)
British 5th Division → participatedIn → Battle of the Piave River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Battle of the Piave River