Battle of Hill 383
| Battle of Hill 383 | |||||||
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| Part of the Italian Front (World War I) | |||||||
Austrian illustration of fighting on Hill 383 in June 1915 (1915) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Italy | Austria-Hungary | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Luigi Cadorna |
Conrad von Hötzendorf Archduke Eugen Svetozar Boroević | ||||||
The Battle of Hill 383 was a military engagement between the armies of Austria-Hungary and Italy on the Italian front of World War I, lasting from June 1915 to May 1917. The battle took place on a hill later called Mount Prižnica (Italian: Poggio Montanari), located across the river Soča (Italian: Isonzo) from the town of Plave in Austria-Hungary (present-day Slovenia). The Italian and Austro-Hungarian armies clashed for two years in an attempt to occupy it. The fighting was continuing for the next two years, until Mount Prižnica was taken by Italians during the Tenth Battle of the Isonzo.