1. bitva na Soči (Isonzu) [1915]

1st Battle of the Isonzo

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Název:
Name:
1. bitva na Soči 1st Battle of the Isonzo
Datum:
Date:
23.06.1915-07.07.1915
Válčiště / Fáze:
Theatre of Operations / Phase:
Italské válčiště [1915-1918]
Italian Theatre of Operations [1915-1918]
Místo:
Location:
oblast pohraniční řeky Soča (Isonzo)
Border Area of the River Soča (Isonzo)
GPS:
GPS:
45°56'50.50"N 13°36'43.25"E
Účastníci:
Belligerents:
 
Strana A:
Side A:
Rakousko-Uhersko
Austria-Hungary
Strana B:
Side B:
Italské království
Kingdom of Italy
Velitelé:
Commanders:
 
Strana A:
Side A:
gen. Svetozar Boroević von Bojna gen. Svetozar Boroević von Bojna
Strana B:
Side B:
gen. Luigi Cadorna


gen. Luigi Cadorna


Síly:
Strenght:
 
Síly strana A:
Forces Side A:
84 praporů
13 eskadron
354 děl
84 battalions
13 squadrons
354 guns
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Síly strana B:
Forces Side B:
225 praporů
111 eskadron
700 děl
225 battalions
111 squadrons
700 guns
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Ztráty:
Losses:
 
Ztráty strana A:
Losses Side A:
10 000 mrtvých, raněných a nezvěstných
10 000 dead, wounded and missing
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Ztráty strana B:
Losses Side B:
15 000 mrtvých, raněných a nezvěstných
15 000 dead, wounded and missing
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Cíle a výsledek:
Objectives and Result:
 
Typ operace, strana A:
Type of Operation, Side A:
obrana
defense
Typ operace, strana B:
Type of Operation, Side B:
útok
attack
Cíle, strana A:
Objectives, Side A:
zabránit Italům v postupu na Terst, Lublaň a Vídeň - splněn
prevent the Italians to advance to Trieste, Ljubljana and Vienna - fulfilled
Cíle, strana B:
Objectives, Side B:
prolomení rakousko-uherské obrany a postup na Terst, Lublaň a Vídeň - nesplněn
breaking the Austro-Hungarian Defence and the procedure to Trieste, Ljubljana and Vienna - unfulfilled
Výsledek:
Result:
vítězství strany A victory for side A
Poznámka:
Note:
rakouský pěší prapor: 500 - 600 mužů
italský pěší prapor: 900 - 1 000 mužů


Austrian Infantry Battalion: 500 - 600 men
Italian Infantry Battalion: 900 - 1 000 men


Zdroje:
Sources:
Josef Fučík: Soča (Isonzo), Praha 1999
https://www.valka.cz/clanek_14051.html
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isonzoschlachten
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After seven days of artillery training, which caused the defenders to lose only 300 men due to the inexperience of Italian artillery, 18 Italian divisions attacked 8 Austro-Hungarian divisions in the direction of Gorizia (Gorizia) and the Doberdo Heights. Despite more than a double superiority of the enemy, Austro-Hungarian troops repulsed all attacks and maintained their positions. The Italians lost 15,000 men (fallen, wounded and missing or captured), the Austrians 10,000 ...


Source:
Josef Fučík, Marek Pavlík: Sočská fronta 1915-1917 (Prague 2008)
Edmund Glaise von Horstenau: Austrian-Hungarian last war 1914-1918, Vienna 1930–39.
1. bitva na Soči (Isonzu) [1915] - Situace v den zahájení bitvy...

Situace v den zahájení bitvy...
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From the witness's memories:


... Then a salvo raged and an Italian officer fell to the ground. He raised his head and hand, and once again, but weakly, called out, "Eviva." Then he reached for the trench and was dead. Hero!
I looked stunned, and it never occurred to me to shoot. "Pucej - pucej," shouted the Dalmatian, who had prayed so devoutly a moment ago. "He's going to the killer," I told him. Why shoot? Although the Italians climbed a little over the trench, they apparently did not want us and did not shoot. We looked at each other and enough. Finally, the officer's death was always the end of the attack. There was a "hurray" behind us, our second platoon rushed into the counterattack. The situation was interesting. They ran to our trench and the end. Nobody wanted to jump between Italy, so they stayed in the trench behind us and also did not shoot. The almost ridiculous situation was resolved by a Dalmatian who grabbed a large lump of clay and rubbed it among the Italians, where one Bepp scattered on the head. It was a signal to the cut, which I watched as an idle spectator and had a lot of fun doing. Rifles and bayonets were forgotten, and as in the past, the boys began to cut each other with lumps and stones, pieces of wood and equipment - that is, weapons that were enough at hand and the penny did not cost a penny. Moreover, nothing happened to the warriors. All this was happening above our trench, many were just spectators. But that they took the Italians seriously, I knew as soon as one Dalmatian climbed into the trench out of curiosity, and when he saw Italy in close combat, he laughed. But he didn't laugh for a long time - the field shovel tore his skull to his eyes and he remained lying or moving. He was known to the company as an idiot, and his recruitment to Australia did not honor him.
However, his death gave the battle a different character, because others saw what I saw. Dalmatian shots began to crack with the appropriate fucking of Italian materia and other swearing. The Dalmatians were boiling, so there was no thought of overrunning. A shot exploded right next to my ear, completely deafening me. It was the prayer who began to burn like a savage. Behind the second platoon, the machine gun barked and the battle took on a different character. In an instant, about twenty Italians swung into the trenches and at the same time the attacking second platoon sought protection from a machine gun. Friend and foe, crouching in front of the whistling bullets above the trench.
As soon as the roar of our machine gun stopped, the Italian grenades were here again, the reward for a failed attack. The Italians in our trench were unstoppable, and gestures pointed beyond our front. We did not know yet that bringing such a platoon of prisoners with full armament is a heroic deed, which is rewarded with a silver medal with a monthly surcharge of 15 crowns, so we let them go alone. They drove like he was lubricating them ...


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