Eight balloon units were operated by the Italian army. Three balloon companies were used by the Austro-Hungarian army on the Isonzo Front. 30,000 litres of water was needed to fill a balloon with hydrogen as water is scarce in theĪrea, the use of balloons was limited. Observation balloons used by both armies on the Isonzo front could reach heights of between 400 andĨ00 metres. Some of the bloodiest battles of the Isonzo Front took place Krn, the highest peak of the Krn range and one of the most important fortified peaks in the area of the Gorizia on 6 August 1916, lasted 40 minutes. The attack on Sabotin, the hill which was captured by the Italian army three days before the capture of Only major military and political target captured by the Italians in WWI. On 9 August 1916 the Italian army captured Gorizia during the 6th Battle of the Isonzo. Around 230,000 people emigrated from the Isonzo Front area. Between 10,000 and 12,000 Slovenians were displaced from their homes by the Italians. The range of the shell was 12 kilometres, it was 160 centimetres high and had a 420 mm calibre.Īround 80,000 Slovenians from the area of Gorizia and from the Soča Valley were displaced by theĪustro-Hungarian authorities because of the Isonzo Front. The heaviest shell fired on the Isonzo Front weighed 1,060 kilogrammes.
Two to three million shells were fired in the course of a single battle on the Isonzo Front on The ratio between the attackers and defenders at the beginning of the Battles of the Isonzo was approximatelyĩ to 1, namely around 500 Italian brigades against around 50 battalions of theĪustro-Hungarian army. In 2016, a monument to all Slovenian soldiers killed on the Isonzo Front was unveiled in the town The remains of 100,187 soldiers have been laid to rest in an ossuary in the town of Redipuglia in This is the only preserved location in the area of the Isonzo Front where a larger The remains of around 1,000 German soldiers have been laid to rest in an ossuary in the Slovenian The remains of 7,014 Italian soldiers have been laid to rest in an ossuary above the Slovenian The remains of 57,739 soldiers who were killed on the Isonzo Front are buried in an ossuary in the In WWI, an estimated 35,000-40,000 SlovenianĪn average of 297 soldiers were killed on the Isonzo Front every day. The biggest number of Slovenians killed in WWI was in Galicia, from Around 3,500 casualties on the Isonzo Front were Slovenians the Isonzo Front was thus not theīloodiest front for Slovenians. More than 95% of total casualties were soldiers. Wounded or poisoned with chemical weapons, and more than 500,000 went missing or were captured onīoth sides. German army during the 12th Battle of the Isonzo.Ī total of 1.5 million soldiers were killed, wounded or captured during the Battles of the Isonzo Machine guns and 1,600 cars of the Italian army were captured by the Austro-Hungarian and
Around 5,000 soldiers were killed on the Austro-Hungarian and German side. The Italian side lost 73,000 horses in the 12th Battle of the Isonzo. More than 300,000 Italian soldiers became prisoners of war after the 12th battle. Around 13,000 soldiers were killed in the 12th battle on the Italian side. Prepared by German General Kraft von Dellmensingen, and phosgene was used as a chemical weapon. It was named Loyalty in Arms (German: Waffentreue). It was initiated by the Austro-Hungarian army The 12th Battle of the Isonzo was the last battle. 11 battles on the Isonzo Front were initiated by the Italian side. Italian side and around 10,000 soldiers were killed and 95,000 were wounded, fell ill or went A total ofĥ0,000 soldiers were killed: around 40,000 soldiers were killed and 108,000 wounded on the The 11th battle is considered the bloodiest military operation on Slovenian soil ever. Took place between 17 August and 12 September 1917.Ī total of 12 battles took place as part at the Isonzo Front.
It was the 11th battle on the Isonzo Front and The longest Battle of the Isonzo lasted 26 days. Took place between 9 and 12 October 1916. It was the 8th battle on the Isonzo Front and The shortest Battle of the Isonzo lasted 3 days. People in the area fled their homes during the campaign. The part of theįront located on the territory of present-day Slovenia was 93 kilometres long. The twelve Battles of the Isonzo took place between and 9 November 1917.
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