Between 19, the frontline of the Soča Front ran across the Julian Alps, the Soča Valley, and the Karst Plateau to the Adriatic Sea. I will try to show how the soldiers experienced the weeks of preparation for the battle what was their “D-Day” like, as the weather in the mountains was cold, foggy, and snowy on the day of the attack and how they experienced the success of this battle in the upcoming days and weeks - was it a genuine boost of moral for the troops or just a heat of the moment that faded away with a hangover.ĭuring the Great War, the territory of western Slovenia was the scene of almost two and a half years of heavy fighting between Kingdom of Italy and Austro-Hungarian Empire. Through the diaries, memoirs, letters, official reports and other sources I would like to present the experience of the Great War - which is still quite unresearched field - as it was seen through the eyes of the attackers, who had to fight in the hard conditions of the mountains. In my paper I will focus on the region of Bovec, where a part of the Austro-Hungarian-German units - in particular “Gruppe Krauß” - were attacking towards the Italian front line. On 24 October 1917 an attack was launched towards the Italian units in the area of towns Tolmin (Tolmein) and Bovec (Flitsch), that turned out to be a success, in Slovenian historiography known as “the miracle at Caporetto”. In cooperation with the German army a battle was planed, to push the Italian units back to the Italian hinterland. Isonzo battle Austro-Hungarian army knew, that this was the last attack they could withstand. During the period from 1915 to 1917 Italian army tried eleven times to break through the opponents front line with just some minor successes. The Great War brought major changes along the valley of Isonzo river, as the Italian announcement of war meant new problems for the Austro-Hungarian army.
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