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# Italy in WWI

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This Day In History: An Avalanche Kills Hundreds of Austrian Soldiers (1916)

On this day in 1916, a powerful avalanche killed hundreds of Austrian troops. In WWI the Austrians and the Italians fought each other in the mountains that formed the Austro-Italian border. The terrain…

By Ed · 3 min

Warfare History

This Day In History: The Battle of Caporetto Began (1917)

On this day in 1917, during WW I a German and Austro-Hungarian army inflicted a devastating defeat on the Italian…

Ed · 3 min