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- Title
VOJNI NAČRTI KRALJEVINE ITALIJE PROTI AVSTRO-OGRSKI DO VSTOPA V PRVO SVETOVNO VOJNO.
- Authors
BIZJAK, Matjaž
- Abstract
The article discusses the main Italian war plans against Austria-Hungary since 1886. Up to 1914, although the two states were political allies, both had war plans against the other. The Italian plans were mainly defensive and planning the main Italian defense line on river Piave. There was only one offensive oriented war plan, pertaining to a scenario of a wider coalition whose member countries were not specified. Majority of Italian war plans foresaw the first Austro-Hungarian defense line on river Soča (Isonzo). When the First World War started in 1914 and considering that Austria-Hungary was involved on other fronts, these war plans became more aggressive and were incorporated into possible military coalition frameworks. Until 1915 when Italy entered the war, the collaboration between the leading Italian politicians and the military structure was at a very low level, which refl ected on Italian war planning. A Secret London Treaty from 1915 was prepared and signed without the knowledge of the Italian Armed Forces. Italian military were thus bound by a treaty to enter the war at that point and general Luigi Cadorna was unable to do anything about it. Consequently, Italy had entered the war without a real war plan, militarily unprepared and on a short notice. The author presents a general outline of the most important war planes from 1886-1915, trying to evaluate them as well from military point of view, using the original archive documents and some other studies.
- Publication
Acta Histriae, 2017, Vol 25, Issue 4, p863
- ISSN
1318-0185
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.19233/AH.2017.39