Definition of Caporetto

1. Noun. Battle of World War I (1917); Italians were defeated by the Austrian and German forces.

Exact synonyms: Battle Of Caporetto
Generic synonyms: Pitched Battle
Group relationships: First World War, Great War, War To End War, World War 1, World War I
Geographical relationships: Italia, Italian Republic, Italy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caporetto

Capillaria philippinensis
Capillaria plica
Capim viruses
Capistrano
Capitol
Capitol Building
Capitol Hill
Capitol Reef National Park
Capitoline
Capitonidae
Caplan
Caplan's nodules
Capnocytophaga canimorsus
Capoid
Capone
Caporetto
Capoten
Cappadocia
Cappadocian
Cappadocians
Capparidaceae
Capparis
Capparis arborea
Capparis cynophallophora
Capparis flexuosa
Capparis mitchellii
Capparis spinosa
Capps
Capps' reflex
Capra

Literary usage of Caporetto

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Story of the American Red Cross in Italy by Charles Montague Bakewell (1920)
"CHAPTER II caporetto — Refugees — Red Cross Emergency Commission THE blow fell from a clear sky. It is true that there had been for some days an increase of ..."

2. A History of the Great War by Bertram Benedict (1919)
"The wedge at caporetto was threatening to envelop ... Ludendorff turned south after reaching caporetto, pouring the ..."

3. Italy and the World War by Thomas Nelson Page (1920)
"CHAPTER XIX THE DISASTER OF caporetto THE news of the breaking-up in Russia, followed by the threatened cessation of hostilities, at least, ..."

4. Scenes from Italy's War by George Macaulay Trevelyan (1919)
"caporetto and the Retreat, October 1917. "NT OW followed, as if from a blue sky, ... All the meanings now implied by the word " caporetto "—the immense and ..."

5. History of the World War by Frank Herbert Simonds (1919)
"Two months after the Verdun operation, at the precise moment when the Italians were collapsing at caporetto, Petain launched his second blow. ..."

6. The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and (1919)
"... ITALIAN DISASTER AT caporetto, AND THE RETREAT ACROSS THE TAGLIAMENTO TO THE PIAVE October 23, 1917—February 1, 1918 THE late summer of 1917 had seen ..."

7. The Human Costs of the War by Homer Folks (1920)
"VI ITALY: WAR WIPES OUT TWO MARGINS Pre-war Italy; exiles after caporetto; the occupied Veneto; devastated Italy; a hungry nation; from deprivation to ..."

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