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Arditi (from the Italian verb ardire, 'to dare', and translates as "The Daring [Ones]") was the name adopted by a Royal Italian Army elite special force of World War I.They and the opposing German Stormtroopers were the first modern shock troops, and they have been called "the most feared corps by opposing armies".
When the battle was fought in November 1918, the nearby city was called simply Vittorio, [12] named in 1866 for Vittorio Emanuele II, monarch from 1861 of the newly created Kingdom of Italy. The engagement, the last major battle in the war (1915–1918) between Italy and Austria-Hungary, was generally referred to as the Battle of Vittorio ...
The most popular battle cry is "Ei ei oh" (エイエイオー), which is usually used at the start of battle. [18] [19] "Avanti Savoia!" (English: Go Savoy!) was the patriotic battle cry of the Italian Royal Army during World War I and to a lesser extent, World War II.
Pages in category "Battles of World War I involving Italy" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Italy entered into World War I also with the aim of completing national unity with the annexation of Trentino-Alto Adige and Julian March: for this reason, the Italian intervention in the First World War is also considered the Fourth Italian War of Independence, [4] in a historiographical perspective that identifies in the latter the conclusion ...
The Bosniaken emerged from the darkness and soon reached the Italian trenches, yelling their battle cry, "Živio Austrija". [2] One company from the 3rd Battalion was able to cross the first ditch and with that forced many Italian forces to retreat from the northern edge, at the same time other Austro-Hungarian forces managed to capture the ...
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Italian troops landing in Trieste, 3 November 1918, after the victorious Battle of Vittorio Veneto. The Italian victory in this battle [36] [37] [38] marked the end of the war on the Italian Front, secured the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and contributed to the end of World War I just one week later. [39]