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Definition of Caporetto
1. Noun. Battle of World War I (1917); Italians were defeated by the Austrian and German forces.
Generic synonyms: Pitched Battle
Group relationships: First World War, Great War, War To End War, World War 1, World War I
Geographical relationships: Italia, Italian Republic, Italy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caporetto
Literary usage of Caporetto
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Story of the American Red Cross in Italy by Charles Montague Bakewell (1920)
"CHAPTER II caporetto — Refugees — Red Cross Emergency Commission THE blow fell
from a clear sky. It is true that there had been for some days an increase of ..."
2. A History of the Great War by Bertram Benedict (1919)
"The wedge at caporetto was threatening to envelop ... Ludendorff turned south
after reaching caporetto, pouring the ..."
3. Italy and the World War by Thomas Nelson Page (1920)
"CHAPTER XIX THE DISASTER OF caporetto THE news of the breaking-up in Russia,
followed by the threatened cessation of hostilities, at least, ..."
4. Scenes from Italy's War by George Macaulay Trevelyan (1919)
"caporetto and the Retreat, October 1917. "NT OW followed, as if from a blue sky,
... All the meanings now implied by the word " caporetto "—the immense and ..."
5. History of the World War by Frank Herbert Simonds (1919)
"Two months after the Verdun operation, at the precise moment when the Italians
were collapsing at caporetto, Petain launched his second blow. ..."
6. The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and (1919)
"... ITALIAN DISASTER AT caporetto, AND THE RETREAT ACROSS THE TAGLIAMENTO TO THE
PIAVE October 23, 1917—February 1, 1918 THE late summer of 1917 had seen ..."
7. The Human Costs of the War by Homer Folks (1920)
"VI ITALY: WAR WIPES OUT TWO MARGINS Pre-war Italy; exiles after caporetto; the
occupied Veneto; devastated Italy; a hungry nation; from deprivation to ..."
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