An Austro-Hungarian prisoner taken by the British Army on the Italian Front, 1918. After the battle of Caporetto (from October 24 to November 19, 1917), the Italian front collapsed. To ensure this wouldn't lead Italy to withdraw from the war, the allies organized forces to reinforce the Italians. As the battle unfolded, General Luiggi Cadorna invoked the agreement reached at the Chantilly Conference in December 1915. There the allies had agreed that if one of them was threatened, the other allies would support him. The Italian troops were positioned in the Piave where they resisted and reorganized, as here they could establish a new defensive line. Following Caporetto's defeat, allies sent troops to support the Italian army which was laboriously reorganizing. They were reinforced by six French and five British infantry divisions. Highlight that before the battle, in mid-October 1917, the new Italian government was formed, headed by Vittorio Emanuelle Orlando (1860-1952), who re...