Battle of Caporetto The Battle of Caporetto (also known as the
Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo or the Battle of Karfreit as it was
known by the Central Powers), took place from 24 October to 19
November 1917, near the town of Kobarid (now in Slovenia), on
the Austro-Italian front of World War I. The battle was named
after the Italian name of the town of Kobarid (known as Karfreit
in German). Austro-Hungarian forces, reinforced by German units,
were able to break into the Italian front line and rout the
Italian army, which had practically no mobile reserves. The
battle was a demonstration of the effectiveness of the use of
stormtroopers and the infiltration tactics developed in part by
Oskar von Hutier. The use of poison gas by the Germans played a
key role in the collapse of the Italian Second Army. ||This
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2012)| The Austrian offensive began at approximately 02:00 on 24
October 1917. Due to the inclement weather that morning,
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