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It was the single greatest military defeat in Italian history. 10,000 Italians were killed, 30,000 injured, and more than a quarter of a million surrendered, many of them willingly due to low morale, in exchange for only 70,000 casualties on the Central Powers' side. What led to this military catastrophe that threatened to knock Italy out of the Great War?
It was the single greatest military defeat in Italian history. 10,000 Italians were killed, 30,000 injured, and more than a quarter of a million surrendered, many of them willingly due to low morale, in exchange for only 70,000 casualties on the Central Powers' side. What led to this military catastrophe that threatened to knock Italy out of the Great War?
