![]() Future Italian offensives were aimed at Fajti Hill (Monte Faiti), Trstelj and Grmada. ![]() The planning of future Italian offensives was based on the fact that they occupied Gorizia, the demand of Italian politicians to acquire Trieste at any cost and the realisation of the Italian high command that the sixth offensive had been prematurely halted, since the Austro-Hungarian side had not managed to fortify a third and fourth lines of defence. Discover the beauty of Slovenia’s Soca Valley on a family-friendly kayaking tour along the sparkling Soca River. In the second phase of the offensive, the defenders managed to stop the Italians from breaking through to the Banjščica Plain and thus from entering the Vipava Valley and surrounding their units in the Karst. They held most of their positions in the central and upper Isonzo Valley. Download and buy this stock image: The Soca (Isonzo) river in the Trenta Valley, Triglav national park, Slovenia - DAE-11233574 from agefotostocks photo. The Austrians held the defensive positions on the left bank of Soča (Isonzo) River while the trenches there had barely been dug. On 9 August, their units entered Gorizia and forced the units defending the Karst, especially the Doberdob plain, to retreat. ![]() It extended all the way from over the two-thousand-meter. ![]() The Italians planned to occupy Goricia and the Doberdob plain. More than 100 years ago, this area was one of the main battlefields of World War I the Isonzo Front. The Sixth Battle of Isonzo (4 August–16 August 1916). ![]()
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