15-23 June 1918: The Second Battle of the Piave River—The Austro-Hungarians, bolstered by forces transferred to the Italian Front after the victory on the Eastern Front, attacked, not at all applying the lessons of the stunning Central Powers victory at Caporetto (October 1917); the Italians, though, had completely reorganized after that debacle & their elastic defense broke the back of Austria-Hungary.
Lest we forget.
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