Author: Jauko

Sveto pri komnu, Austro-Hungarian military cemetery WW1   May 2022 [gallery link="file" size="full" type="rectangular" ids="2725,2741,2722,2723,2724,2726,2727,2728,2729,2730,2731,2732,2733,2734,2735,2736,2737,2738"]

Bovec, Austro-Hungarian military cemetery WW1   The cemetery was extended and renovated after World War 1; mortal remains of the Austro-Hungarian soldiers of several cemeteries in the surroundings were transferred to it. Mortal remains of Italian soldiers were transferred from this cemetery to the charnel house at Kobarid in 1938. The graves are distributed throughout the cemetery, but only a quarter of them are marked with concrete tombstones. The data indicates that more than 600 soldiers rest here.   May 2018 [gallery type="rectangular" link="file" size="full" ids="2651,2655,2652,2653,2654"]   August 2017 [gallery link="file" size="full" type="rectangular" ids="2656,2657"]    

  Matajur The Monte Matajur was Austro-Hungarian territory until the First World War and was strategically very important in the Battle of Caporetto in 1917. with this action, the alliance of Austria-Hungary and Germany succeeded in winning the Battle of Italy's Caporetto. In September 1915, Rommel was recruited for training with the mountain troops. In August 1916 he first saw action in Romania with the Württembergisches Gebirgs-Bataillon, part of the then Deutsches Alpenkorps. After a short stopover on the western front, the Alpenkorps was deployed to the Italian front in September 1917, where the unit had been loaned to the Austro-Hungarian ally as German support. In the Alpine region, the battalion would fully master the shock troop tactics. The Württembergers made their mark when two companies of their formation, led…

Vodice, Novak Platz & Maurizio Gonzaga The area with numerous caves and trenches is arranged as an outdoor museum. On the top of  Vodice a mausoleum was erected in honor of Italian general Maurizio Ferrante Gonzaga. His wished to be buried in the place where his soldiers had died during the First World War. Because of the 2nd World War the mausoleum was not completed, so the general was not buried in it. Source: Fundacija Poti Miru IBT Program Research May 2021 [gallery type="rectangular" size="full" ids="2294,2292,2293,2291,2290,2295,2297,2296,2298,2299,2300,2301,2302"]

  Grgar Grgar is a town on the edge of the Bainsizza (Banjšice in Slovene) plateau. The Bainsizza (Banjšice in Slovene) is a misnamed plateau to the north of the strategic city of Gorizia on the Italian Front of 1917. The city had been captured during the the Sixth Battle of the Isonzo in 1916 in hopes that it would provide a launch pad for the Italian Army to the highly prized port city of Trieste. However, Austro-Hungarian forces retained control of several key mountains north of the city most of the rugged Carso Plateau to the south. During the previous ten battles along the Isonzo, the Bainsizza was considered impassable by both sides, and it remained lightly defended during the summer of 1917. The Italian Army had previously resisted…

Krn Krn (pronounced [ˈkəɾn]; Italian: Monte Nero; 2,244 metres or 7,362 feet) is a mountain of the southwestern Julian Alps in northwestern Slovenia. It is the highest mountain of the Krn Mountains. The mountain is located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) from the Adriatic Sea. The Soča River flows west of the peak, and the smaller Lepenjica River northeast and the Tolminka River southwest of it. Krn has a mighty western wall, which can be best seen from Kobarid or Drežnica. On the southern slope of the mountain lie the small villages of Vrsno, Krn, Drežnica, Drežniške Ravne, and Magozd. On the northern side lies Lake Krn, the largest glacial lake in Slovenia. During the First World War, the Battles of the Isonzo took place in the area. The top…

  IBT Program Research Cerje/Fajti Hrib November 2019 [gallery link="file" size="large" ids="2165,2159,2162,2166,2158,2160,2161,2163,2164,2167,2168,2169,2170,2171,2173,2174,2175"]   IBT Program Research Cerje /Fajti Hrib August 2019 [gallery link="file" size="large" ids="2132,2149,2147,2137,2141,2148,2143,2135,2136,2144,2145,2142,2140,2138,2133,2139,2134,2131"]

  Komen, Austro-Hungarian military cemetery WW1 The Austro-Hungarian military cemetery is in the Forest of Draga, near Komen. From Cirje the road leads past a roadside religious symbol to the Forest of Draga, where there are the remains of the cemetery of World War I. The cemetery is in the burial ground of Austro-Hungarian soldiers who died in fighting on Soča (Isonzo) front from 1915 to 1917. According to data from the Viennese war archives, 4,130 soldiers of various nationalities are burried in this cemetery. Author: Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs-Section of Military Burial Grounds   IBT Program Research February 2019 [gallery type="rectangular" link="file" size="full" ids="2447,2444,2439,2440,2441,2443,2442,2445,2446"]