Dubbed an "easterner" at home Lloyd George was nevertheless in favour of diverting British and French resources from the Western Front to the Italians along the Soča (Isonzo), to "knock the props out" from under the Central Powers. The UK's new Prime Minister, David Lloyd George, had long believed that the war could not be won on the Western Front alone. Casualties suffered to date were tremendous and with each renewed battle tended to be higher on the Italian attackers side. With nine largely unsuccessful Isonzo battles conducted within an eighteen-month period to date, Italian Chief of Staff Luigi Cadorna – responsible for launching all nine – became increasingly uncomfortable at the prospect of German intervention to aid their weakening Austro-Hungarian ally on the Italian Front.įor while it was clear that the Austro-Hungarian Army was suffering in what had become a war of attrition, the same could be said of Cadorna's army. The Tenth Battle of the Isonzo was an Italian offensive against Austria-Hungary during World War I.
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