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- Scale 1:35
WW I: ITALIAN INFANTRY
1915
On 24 May 1915 Italy entered the war against the
Austro-Hungarian Empire. The battlefront was extensive and characterized by
different types of environment from the Isonzo riverbanks to the peaks of
Dolomiti in the Alps. The Italian infantry had to fight in severe and
prohibitive conditions. In the early years of the war there were no substantial
changes in the front despite the numerous offensives decided by the Italian
commander in chief General Luigi Cadorna on the Carso front. After the defeat
of Caporetto in October 1917, the Italian army led by General Armando Diaz,
stopped the Austrian-Hungarian offensive on the Piave river and began a counter-offensive
that led to the Italian victory, during the battle of Vittorio Veneto, in
October 1918.
Type: Figure SOLDIERS
Period: First World War
Skill: 2
Box Dim.: 258 x 162 x 38 mm