21 August 1917: young Viennese officer Friedrich Franek fights in the 11th Battle of the Isonzo, defending Altitude Quota 146 – Flondar.
STANISLAU WIERONSKI
Hauptmann Stanislau Wieronski, experienced Polish officer, leads three companies of the K.u.K. Infantry Regiment Nr.11 counterattacking the Italians.
JOHANN FOUSEK
1916: despite being wounded, Oberleutnant Johann Fousek groups his men and organizes a counterattack against the Italian army.
THE FIVE CROSSES
War actions of five Austro-Hungarian officers. Lieutenants Johann Fousek, Theodor Wanke, Friederich Tischer, Friedrich Franek, and Captain Stanislau Wieronski.
…THEY RESISTED UNTIL THE END
The Austrian-Hungarian K.u.K – Kaiserliche und Königliche Armee defended a multiethnic Europe, the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, until the very end.
CAPORETTO, 24 OCTOBER 1917
It is the centennial of the breaking of Caporetto-Kobarid. Roberto Giurastante recounts one of the most famous battles of the First World War.