Soča
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The Soča or Isonzo is a 138-kilometre long river that flows through western Slovenia and northeastern Italy.
The Soča near Bovec
The Isonzo River in Italy
The Soča River
Recreation on the Soča River near Trenta, Slovenia
Battles of the Isonzo
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The Battles of the Isonzo were a series of twelve battles between the Austro-Hungarian and Italian armies in World War I mostly on the territory of present-day Slovenia, and the remainder in Italy alo
Soča
…to the First World War, the river ran parallel to the border between the Kingdom of Italy and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. During World War I, it was the scene of bitter fighting between the two countries, culminating in the Battle of Caporetto in October and November 1917. The river was recorded in antiquity as Aesontius…
Depiction of the Battle of Doberdò
The plain at the confluence of the Isonzo (Slovene: Soča) and Vipava rivers around Gorizia is the main passage from Northern Italy to Central Europe.
Remains of Kluže, an Austro-Hungarian fortification between Bovec and Log pod Mangrtom
Italian soldiers during the Second Battle of the Isonzo, 1915