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Tenth Battle of the Isonzo

Tenth Battle of the Isonzo was a battle fought on 10 May 1917 at Soča, in what is now Italy; it lasted 29 days. It was part of the Italian Front, which ran from 1915 to 1918. The recorded result: Indecisive. Recorded strength: 400,000 against 200,000.

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Northeastern Italy, 1915 - 1917 - Eleven Battles of the Isonzo, June 1915 - September 1917
Northeastern Italy, 1915 - 1917 - Eleven Battles of the Isonzo, June 1915 - September 1917. USMA (United States Military Academy), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought10 May 1917lasted 29 days
WhereSoča, Italy46.000N, 13.633E
OutcomeIndecisive.
BelligerentsKingdom of ItalyagainstAustria-Hungary
Casualties and losses150,000 (35,000 killed)and125,000 (17,000 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, 191819151918Tenth Battle of the Isonzo, 1917
18 placed engagements of the Italian Front in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date10 May 1917
to 8 June 1917
PlaceSoča, Italy
46.000N, 13.633E
KindBattle, First World War
Territorial changeItalians conquer Mount Kuk, Mount Vodice, and Mount Santo, but the latter is reconquered by the Austro-Hungarians.
Strength400,000200,000
Casualties and losses150,000 (35,000 killed)125,000 (17,000 killed)
Commanders
Tenth Battle of the IsonzoTenth Battle of the IsonzoFourth Battle of the IsonzoEleventh Battle of the IsonzoBattle of Hill 383First Battle of the IsonzoSixth Battle of the IsonzoEleventh Battle of the IsonzoLjubljanaVeniceGrazTriesteFerraraMariborBolzanoKlagenfurt100 km46.000N, 13.633E
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 1917

Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: IT 2ND & 3RD ARMIESDefender: AUS 5TH ARMY
Strength280,000165,000
Casualties157,000 (56.1%)75,700 (45.9%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 1054
Outcomeattacker won
Duration2 days
Front width25 km25 km
Attacker advanced2.5 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 322), 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.

Tenth 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 Q1050440, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Tenth Battle of the Isonzo, revision 1384507817, 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.