Battle of Vittorio Veneto

<p>The Battle of Vittorio Veneto was fought from 24 October to 3 November 1918 (with an armistice taking effect 24 hours later) near <a href="/facts/Vittorio_Veneto/LeSTlwI9">Vittorio Veneto</a> on the <a href="/facts/Italian_Front_(World_War_I)/EduvVolR">Italian Front</a> during <a href="/facts/World_War_I/vITTUanQ">World War I</a>. After having thoroughly defeated Austro-Hungarian troops during the defensive <a href="/facts/Battle_of_the_Piave_River/qazaAl15">Battle of the Piave River</a>, the <a href="/facts/Royal_Italian_Army/leQ0FTm0">Royal Italian Army</a> launched a great counter-offensive: the <a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_Italy/X5hxYBvF">Italian</a> victory marked the <a href="/facts/Armistice_of_Villa_Giusti/c7QJCzHb">end of the war on the Italian Front</a>, secured <a href="/facts/Austria-Hungary/9WPUPj0W">the dissolution</a> of the <a href="/facts/Austro-Hungarian_Empire/9WPUPj0W">Austro-Hungarian Empire</a> and contributed to the <a href="/facts/Armistice_with_Germany/xDvqSpuq">end of the First World War</a> just one week later. The battle led to the capture of over 5,000 artillery pieces and over 350,000 Austro-Hungarian troops, including 120,000 Germans, 83,000 Czechs and Slovaks, 60,000 South Slavs, 40,000 Poles, several tens of thousands of Romanians and Ukrainians, and 7,000 Austro-Hungarian loyalist Italians and <a href="/facts/Friulians/s4Ye1oAc">Friulians</a>.
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Battle of Vittorio Veneto