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Sixth Battle of the Isonzo

Sixth Battle of the Isonzo was a battle fought on 6 August 1916 at Gorizia, in what is now Italy; it lasted 11 days. It was part of the Italian Front, which ran from 1915 to 1918. The recorded result: Italian victory. Recorded strength: 203 battalions against 106 battalions.

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World War 1 - Italian Army: Sixth Battle of the Isonzo - 9th August 1916 Italian cavalry enters Gorizia
World War 1 - Italian Army: Sixth Battle of the Isonzo - 9th August 1916 Italian cavalry enters Gorizia. Italian Army Photographers 1915-1918, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought6 August 1916lasted 11 days
WhereGorizia, Italy45.933N, 13.616E
OutcomeItalian victory
BelligerentsKingdom of ItalyagainstAustria-Hungary
Casualties and losses51,2216,310 killedand37,4583,719 killed
Part ofItalian Front1915 to 1918

Where it sits in the Italian Front

Battles of the Isonzo, 1915Battle of Monte Piana, 1915Battle of Hill 383, 1915First Battle of the Isonzo, 1915Second Battle of the Isonzo, 1915Third Battle of the Isonzo, 1915Fourth Battle of the Isonzo, 1915Fifth Battle of the Isonzo, 1916Sixth Battle of the Isonzo, 1916Battle of Doberdò, 1916Seventh Battle of the Isonzo, 1916Eighth Battle of the Isonzo, 1916Ninth Battle of the Isonzo, 1916Battle of Istrana, 1917Tenth Battle of the Isonzo, 1917Battle of Pozzuolo, 1917First Battle of the Piave River, 1917Battle of Monte Grappa, 191819151918Sixth Battle of the Isonzo, 1916
18 placed engagements of the Italian Front in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date6 August 1916
to 17 August 1916
PlaceGorizia, Italy
45.933N, 13.616E
KindBattle, First World War
Territorial changeCapture of Gorizia, Sabotino, Oslavia-Podgora and San Michele
Strength203 battalions106 battalions
Casualties and losses51,2216,310 killed37,4583,719 killed
Commanders
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 12 times between 1477 and 1917.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1916

Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: IT 2ND & 3RD ARMIESDefender: AUS 5TH ARMY
Strength308,000168,000
Casualties51,232 (16.6%)41,835 (24.9%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 1064
Outcomeattacker won
Duration2 days
Front width22.5 km22.5 km
Attacker advanced6 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 315), public domain, in the CC0 tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold. Figures are the database's estimates, compiled in 1990 from published histories, and may differ from the Wikipedia infobox above.

Sixth Battle of the Isonzo is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 942 in present-day Italy.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q769906, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Gorizia (1916), revision 1382309514, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.