In a few minutes he realized that the situation was indeed very desperate: thousands of Italian soldiers were trying to cross the river (without any bridges) while the German troops were following them on both banks. Gadda therefore began to descend down the ridge. It was decided to abandon all positions on the left bank of the Isonzo. The first orders arrived after twenty-four hours when the Supreme Command was informed that Caporetto had fallen and that Austro-German troops had advanced to Saga and on the Kolovrat. They realized that they had been blocked and awaited in a resigned mood the attack by the enemy. At about noon they saw some Italian soldiers who were being followed by Austro-German troops and at 3.00 pm they heard explosions on the bridges on the Isonzo. However, since they were not under attack and had received no order, they remained in their positions, isolated and completely surrounded by mist. Together with his men he was awakened at two in the morning by the massive bombardments that continued till dawn. True to his convictions, the general considered this as a hoax to detract attention from the front on the Karst.Īt the same time on Mount Krasij, north of Caporetto, there was a third defensive line that consisted of several Alpine battalions including that commanded by the volunteer interventionist Carlo Emilio Gadda. ↑ Commemoration of the fallen on the Isonzo: Shaking hands after 12 Isonzo battles at osk.de.Ĥ6.17502 13.73241 Coordinates: 46 ° 10 ′ 30.1 ″ N, 13 ° 43 ′ 56.On the dawn of 24th October 1917 Luigi Cadorna, in the headquarters of the Supreme Command at Udine, was informed of the heavy bombardment on the line Plezzo-Tolmino.↑ Stefanie Nebel: River with two colors.↑ Internet site of the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge (work of the Volksbund and description of the German war cemetery in Tolmin).
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^ The German ossuary in Tolmin at ( Memento from Main the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 8, 2019.
^ German war cemetery Tolmin (Italian) accessed on March 16, 2018.The German ossuary in Tolmin at Individual evidence.Website of the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge (work of the Volksbund and description of the German war cemetery in Tolmin).Austro-Hungarian cemetery in Modrejce Ĭommons : German War Cemetery Tolmin - Collection of images, videos and audio files.Italian military cemetery Kobarid (Good Friday).Neighboring war cemeteries of the Isonzo battles In the interests of international understanding, the European anthem was sung. International understandingĪt a commemoration ceremony on people from all nations involved in the Isonzo battles were present, including the mayor of Tolmin, the representative of the Ministry of Defense of Slovenia, a representative of the Volksbund, the Austrian ambassador, Hungarian, Slovenian and Austrian military chaplains, cadets of the Hungarian Army and 7th grade youth at a school in Ankaran. It is the largest German war cemetery on the former Isonzo front in Slovenia. The facility is a cultural monument and was initially maintained and maintained by the Slovenian state and since 2001 by the Volksbund. Several war dead from the Second World War were buried there in the spring of 1945. A grave field is attached to the memorial. 946 war dead from the First World War are buried under a stone slab in the grave vault. Some dead were in 1938 from the military cemetery in Karfreit reburied here. The entrance gate is a work of art made from Austrian and Italian gun barrels. A memorial altar has been erected in the chapel above the crypt. The memorial was built on the site of a former German field cemetery just a few meters from the banks of the Isonzo. The building material was brought in from South Tyrol and the construction was carried out by a Munich-based construction company.
It is kept in the style of a castle of the dead and is characteristic of the National Socialist memorial culture and thus a child of its time. The plant was built between 19 based on a design by Robert Tischler. The former German field cemetery investment