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Isonzo Front, the Soča
Sarajevo To the Eastern Front Valley, Slovenia

The Isonzo Front Slovenian soldiers served in the regiments of the

Austro-Hungarian army included in the 3rd Corps,
which mostly left for the Eastern Front towards
To the Eastern Front Russia in 1914. In August, the Austro-Hungarian
army fought in vast battles in Galicia. Between
17th Infantry Regiment 18 and 23 August 1914, a large area between the
Cavalry Regiment nr. 5 rivers Visla and Dniester, there were severe and
bloody fights between Austro-Hungarian and Russian
The 87th Infantry forces. In the battle near Majdan Gologorski, the
Regiment Austro-Hungarian Army suffered heavy casualties.
Slovenian regiments were decimated as well. The
97th Infantry Regiment Source: National Museum of Contemporary History Kranjska (Carniola) 17th Infantry Regiment lost half
47th Infantry Regiment of its men. The clash of outdated strategic concepts of
attack with modern weapons as a consequence of
industrial developments not only did not realize the Slovenians and the First
WW1 in Writing expectations but also caused the trenches to become World War
the characteristics of the War and masses of soldiers
lost their lives mercilessly.

After the unsuccessful counter-offensives, the 3rd

Source: National Museum of Contemporary History
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Corps retreated across the river San towards the
Carpathians. In October 1914, the Austro-Hungarian
Army started with the offensive to rescue the fortress
Przemysl on the river San from the Russians who
surrounded it. The fortress city with a whole system
of fortifications and a large defensive belt was an
extremely important defensive point in Galicia, as it
defended the crossings over the river San and the
railroad from Lvov to Krakow. After initial successes
in the Russian counter-offensive, the Austro-
Hungarian Army was again forced to retreat to the
edges of the Carpathians and Beskids. In severe Isonzo Front
winter conditions, the War slowly turned into a trench
war. In January and February 1915, Austria-Hungary
started a big offensive in Galicia with a goal to
unblock Przyemisl. The last completely independent
military operation in Galicia was not successful and
besides many fallen soldiers, a lot of Austro-
Hungarian and Slovenian soldiers were captured
again. In March 1915, the fortress Przemysl
surrendered after a six-month siege. In the battle near
Gorlice in the beginning of May, 1915, the 11th
German and 4th Austro-Hungarian Armies broke International
through and forced the Russian army to a massive Encyclopedia of the First
retreat. Austria-Hungary recaptured Przemysl and World War
Lvov. In July the great Austro-Hungarian-German
offensive began, pushing the Russians far to the east,
and the battle lines stabilized in October 1915.

The Kingdom of Italy’s attack on Austria-Hungary

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opened a new front in May 1915. The main part of the
3rd Corps was in August assigned to the 5th Army.
Among all regiments from Slovenian enlistmend
regions only the 97th Trieste Regiment, except for
one battalion, remained on the eastern front because SLOVENES AND
of its Slovenian, Croatian and Italian ethnic structure. WORLD WAR I by
Other Slovenian regiments left for the battlefields Petra Svoljšak, Milko
towards Italy where they joined the infantry and Kos Historical Institute
Territorial Army battalions , who were sent to the
Isonzo (Soča) front already in the beginning of the
hostilities with Italy.

Marko Štepec, M.A., National Museum of

Contemporary History

Map of the Walk of

Peace
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