Rommel and Caporetto
By: by John and Eileen Wilks.
Contributors: Wilks, Eileen.
Publisher: Leo Cooper
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Barnsley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
Subjects: Rommel, Erwin, 1891-1944.; Caporetto, Battle of, Kobarid, Slovenia, 1917.; Marshals -- Germany -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction 1 1. Austria Seeks German Help 4 1.1 The War to October 1917 4 1.2 The Austrian Appeal and the Upper Isonzo 8 1.3 General Krafft's Reconnaissance 12 1.4 Austro-German Preparations 14 1.5 Lieutenant Rommel 17 2. Italian Strategy and Tactics 24 2.1 War Weariness 24 2.2 Stresses in the Army 26 2.3 The Move to the Defensive 31 2.4 The Italian Defence System 33 2.5 Cadoma's Orders 37 2.6 The Final Preparations 42 3. The Breakthrough at Caporetto 47 3.1 The Austro-German Attack (24 October) 47 3.2 At Italian GHQ (24 October) 51 3.3 The Austro-German Attack (25 October) 56 3.4 At Italian GHQ (25 October) 61 3.5 The Austro-German Attack (26 October) 63 3.6 The Decision to Retire (26 October) 64 4. Contributions to Disaster 66 4.1 The Weather 67 4.2 Failures of Cadoma and Capello 68 4.3 Failures of the Corps Commanders 73 (a) IV Corps (Cavaciocchi) 74 (b) XXVII Corps (Badoglio) 78 (c) VII Corps (Bongiovanni) 83 4.4 Failures of the Guns 85 4.5 Failures of the Troops 88 5. Rommel on the Kolovrat and Matajur 91 5.1 Prelude (18-23 October) 91 5.2 Hlevnik and Hill 1066 (24 October) 92 5.3 The Kolovrat (25 October) 96 5.4 Matajur (26 October) 105 (a) Hill 1096 105 (b) Hill 1192 and Mrzli vrh 108 (c) Matajur 110 5.5 Summary 112 6. The Advance to the Tagliamento 117 6.1 The Tagliamento and its Bridges 117 6.2 The Austro-German Pursuit 119 (a) 27 October 119 (b) 28 October 120 6.3 The Disordered Retreat 123 6.4 The Race to the Bridges 124 (a) Codroipo, Latisana (29 October) 124 (b) The Upper Tagliamento (29 October) 128 (c) Codroipo, Madrisio, Latisana (30 October) 130 (d) Pinzano and Comino (30 October - 1 November) 133 6.5 The Defences of Camia 135 6.6 Friction between Allies 136 6.7 The Italian Armies on the Tagliamento 140 7. From the Tagliamento to the Piave 145 7.1 The Move to the Piave 145 7.2 The Retirement of the Camia Group 148 7.3 The Tardiness of General Di Robilant 151 7.4 Plans and Concerns of the XIVth Army 154 7.5 The Retirement of the Italian 4th Army 158 8. Rommel at Longarone 164 8.1 The New Assignment (26 October - 6 November) 164 8.2 The Clautana Pass (7,8 November) 166 8.3 Cimolais to Longarone (9 November) 170 8.4 The Capture of the Ten Thousand 177 8.5 The Victory at Longarone 184 9. The Last Battles of the Offensive 189 9.1 Italian Reorganization 189 9.2 The New Italian Comando Supremo 191 9.3 The Fighting in November 195 (a) Piave 195 (b) Asiago 198 (c) Grappa 199 9.4 The Decision to Suspend the Offensive 204 9.5 The Fighting in December 207 (a) Piave and Asiago 207 (b) Grappa 208 10. Rommel on Grappa 212 10.1 The Move to Grappa 212 10.2 The Fiasco of 25 November 216 10.3 The Last Month 221 Epilogue 226.