Military History of the First World War DOWNLOAD FREE

Italy enters the war Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary on 23rd May, 1915. The Italian forces were able to withstand the opening Austrian offensive of May- June, known as the Trentino offensive. But Italy was a country ill-prepared for war, and the border between the two countries was predominantly mountainous, giving the advantage to defence. Nonetheless, the Italians, under the command of General Luigi Cardona launched offensives in June, July and October along the river Isonzo, all of which were unsuccessful and resulted in 125,000 casualties for the Italians and 100,000 for the Austrians.

Contents of Military History of the First World War 1 The Central Powers and the Entente 2 The run-up to the war: The July Crisis, 1914 3 Military Planning in Advance of the War 4 Serbia and the Eastern Front, 1914 5 The Battle for the Marne 6 The Race to the Sea and the First Battle of Ypres 7 First Battle of Ypres 8 The Pacific 9 Africa 10 The Eastern Front during 1915 11 Italy enters the war 12 The Balkans 13 The Western Front 14 Gallipoli 15 The Western Front, 1916 16 Verdun 17 The Battle of the Somme 18 The Trentino Offensive 19 The Brusilov Offensive 20 Romania 21 The Russian Front in 1917 22 Mesopotamia 23 The Nivelle Offensive 24 The Third Battle of Ypres (The Battle of Passendaele) 25 Cambrai 26 Caporetto 27 German offensive in Russia, 1918 28 Ludendorff's offensive in the West 29 Allied counter-offensive

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