The Battle of Mount Ortigara was fought from 10 to 25 June 1917 between the Italian and Austro-Hungarian armies for possession of Mount Ortigara, in the Asiago Plateau.

The Battle of Ortigara was not the largest or most costly battle on the Italian front, but for nineteen days in June of 1917 it was a microcosm of mountain front's warfare and the terrible attrition of the Great War.

The Battle of Ortigara thus became one of the most dramatic episodes of the First World War: in sixteen days the Italian side lost more than 25,000 men and some battalions lost more than 70% of their effective strength.

The 38th episode of the digital calendar www.lagrandeguerrapiu100.it takes you to the eastern slopes of the plains at the border between Italy and Austria to relive the battle of mount Ortigara.

Mar 20, 2019 · The Battle of Ortigara took place on a cluster of barren windswept mountains, soaring cliffs, boulder fields, and sparse rocky meadows—the highest and northernmost ridge of the Trentino Plateau, the Altipiano.

The Battle of Mount Ortigara was fought from 10 to 25 June 1917 between the Italian and Austro-Hungarian armies for possession of Mount Ortigara, in the Asiago Plateau.

La battaglia del monte Ortigara fu combattuta dal 10 al 29 giugno 1917 tra l'esercito italiano e quello austro-ungarico sull'altopiano dei Sette Comuni, durante la prima guerra mondiale.

The Battle of Mount Ortigara was fought from 10 to 25 June 1917 between the Italian and Austro-Hungarian armies for possession of Mount Ortigara, in the Asiago Plateau. The Italians decided to launch an offensive because the Strafexpedition of the previous year had improved the Austrian...

Battle of Mount Ortigara; Awards: Military Order of Savoy (Knight on 3 January 1916, Commander on 28 December 1916, Grand Officer on 4 March 1921) [1] Ettore Mambretti (1859–1948) was an Italian general. He commanded the 6th Army during the Battle of Mount Ortigara. Biography.

The Ortigara Mount is a mountain of the 2,105 m high Alps located along the border between Veneto and Trentino-Alto Adige, in the northern part of the Seven Municipalities Plateau. It is famous and is remembered, above all, for the great battle called precisely "battle of …