Years in Italy: | 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 |
Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
Decades: | 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s |
Years: | 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 |
See also: 1917 in Italy, other events of 1918, 1919 in Italy.
Events from the year 1918 in Italy.
In the autumn of 1917 at the Battle of Caporetto, the Germans and Austrians had defeated the Italians who fell back to the Piave. The Royal Italian Army lost over 300,000 men. Italy reorganizes the army under the new commander General Armando Diaz and receives reinforcements of the Allied powers.