Rommel & Caporetto by John Wilks -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Front Cover Title Page Copyright Page Contents Maps Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Austria Seeks German Help

1.1 The War to October 1917 1.2 The Austrian Appeal and the Upper Isonzo 1.3 General Krafft’s Reconnaissance 1.4 Austro-German Preparations 1.5 Lieutenant Rommel

2. Italian Strategy and Tactics

2.1 War Weariness 2.2 Stresses in the Army 2.3 The Move to the Defensive 2.4 The Italian Defence System 2.5 Cadorna’s Orders 2.6 The Final Preparations

3. The Breakthrough at Caporetto

3.1 The Austro-German Attack (24 October) 3.2 At Italian GHQ (24 October) 3.3 The Austro-German Attack (25 October) 3.4 At Italian GHQ (25 October) 3.5 The Austro-German Attack (26 October) 3.6 The Decision to Retire (26 October)

4. Contributions to Disaster

4.1 The Weather 4.2 Failures of Cadorna and Capello 4.3 Failures of the Corps Commanders

(a) IV Corps (Cavaciocchi) (b) XXVII Corps (Badoglio) (c) VII Corps (Bongiovanni)

4.4 Failures of the Guns 4.5 Failures of the Troops

5. Rommel on the Kolovrat and Matajur

5.1 Prelude (18-23 October) 5.2 Hlevnik and Hill 1066 (24 October) 5.3 The Kolovrat (25 October) 5.4 Matajur (26 October)

(a) Hill 1096 (b) Hill 1192 and Mrzli vrh (c) Matajur

5.5 Summary

6. The Advance to the Tagliamento

6.1 The Tagliamento and its Bridges 6.2 The Austro-German Pursuit

(a) 27 October (b) 28 October

6.3 The Disordered Retreat 6.4 The Race to the Bridges

(a) Codroipo, Latisana (29 October) (b) The Upper Tagliamento (29 October) (c) Codroipo, Madrisio, Latisana (30 October) (d) Pinzano and Cornino (30 October – 1 November)

6.5 The Defences of Carnia 6.6 Friction between Allies 6.7 The Italian Armies on the Tagliamento

7. From the Tagliamento to the Piave

7.1 The Move to the Piave 7.2 The Retirement of the Carnia Group 7.3 The Tardiness of General Di Robilant 7.4 Plans and Concerns of the XIVth Army 7.5 The Retirement of the Italian 4th Army

8. Rommel at Longarone

8.1 The New Assignment (26 October – 6 November) 8.2 The Clautana Pass (7,8 November) 8.3 Cimolais to Longarone (9 November) 8.4 The Capture of the Ten Thousand 8.5 The Victory at Longarone

9. The Last Battles of the Offensive

9.1 Italian Reorganization 9.2 The New Italian Comando Supremo 9.3 The Fighting in November

(a) Piave (b) Asiago (c) Grappa

9.4 The Decision to Suspend the Offensive 9.5 The Fighting in December

(a) Piave and Asiago (b) Grappa

10. Rommel on Grappa

10.1 The Move to Grappa 10.2 The Fiasco of 25 November 10.3 The Last Month

Epilogue References Bibliography