Second Battle of the Isonzo

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Second Battle of the Isonzo
Part of the Italian Front (World War I)
20th Cavalleggeri di Roma Cavalry Regiment soldiers during the Second Battle of the Isonzo
Date 18 July – 3 August 1915 Location Soča river, northwest Slovenia Result Italian tactical victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Italy	Austria-Hungary
Commanders and leaders
Luigi Cadorna (Chief of Staff of the Italian Army) Pietro Frugoni (Commander of Second Army) Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia (Commander of Third Army)	Archduke Friedrich (Supreme Commander of the Austro-Hungarian Army) Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (Chief of the General Staff) Archduke Eugen of Austria-Teschen (Commander of Southwest Front) Svetozar Boroević von Bojna (Commander of Fifth Army) Colonel Richter (Commander of Richter Group)
Strength
250,000[1]	78,000[1]
Casualties and losses
41,800 losses[1]	46,600 losses[1]

The Second Battle of the Isonzo was fought between the armies of the Kingdom of Italy and those of Austria-Hungary in the Italian Front in World War I, between 18 July and 3 August 1915.