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• siehe auch: Kämpfe auf der Hochfläche von Lavarone/Folgaria

Quellen

• Staatsarchiv/Kriegsarchiv Wien
• Carta Touristica Trento-Lévico-Lavarone Kompass Fleischmann S.ar. L. Istituto Geografico / Gardolo

• [[Kategorie:Österreichische Militärgeschichte]
• [[Kategorie:Festung]
• [[Kategorie:Artillerie]

Quellen

• Unterrichtsmaterial und Dienstvorschriften der k.u.k. Armee im Kriegsarchiv in Wien
• E. A. Grestenberger „K.u.k. Befestigungsanlagen in Tirol und Kärnten „ Wien / 2000
• Moritz Ritter von Brunner „ Die Beständige Befestigung“ (Die k.u.k. Militärbildungsanstalten) 7. Auflage Wien / 1909

• [[Kategorie:Österreichische Militärgeschichte]
• [[Kategorie:Festung]

Mark VIII
Technische Daten
Erstverwendung:	1919
Besatzung:	10 – 12 Mann
Bewaffnung
Hauptbewaffnung:	2 x 6pdr QF Kanonen - 57 mmL23 (208 Schuß Munitionsvorrat)
Sekundärbewaffnung:	5 Hotchkiss oder 7 x Browning Maschinengewehre 7,92 mm
Maßangaben
Länge:	10,40 m
Breite:	3,81 m
Höhe:	3,12 m
Panzerung:	6 – 16 mm
Kampfgewicht:	37594 – 44707 kg
Bodendruck:	0,37 kg/cm2
Antrieb und Fahrleistungen
Motor US Fertigung:	Liberty V 12 wassergekühlter Flugzeugmotor
Leistung:	338 PS bei 1400 U/min
Leistungsgewicht:	8,1 PS/t
Motor britische Fertigung (erste Version)	Rolls-Royce
Motor britische Fertigung (zweite Version)	zwei 150 PS Ricardo Motoren
Höchstgeschwindigkeit:	10,4 km/h
Straßenfahrbereich:	80 Km
Kletterfähigkeit:	1,30 m
Grabenüberschreitfähigkeit:	4,30
Steigfähigkeit:	k.A.

• Panzer und andere Kampffahrzeuge 1916 bis heute. Buch und Zeit Verlagsgesellschaft, Köln 1977.

Quellen

• Allmeyer-Beck/Lessing: Die K.u.K. Armee 1848-1918. Bertelsmann, München 1974
• Schriften des Heeresgeschichtlichen Museums in Wien (Militärwissenschaftliches Institut) Band 10 Das k.u.k. Heer 1895. Stocker Verlag, Graz 1997
• Rest-Ortner-Ilmig: Des Kaisers Rock im 1. Weltkrieg. Verlag Militaria, Wien 2002

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Beteiligte Verbände

Österreich-Ungarn
5. Armee
VII. Armeekorps	XVI. Armeekorps	XV. Armeekorps
1. Inf. Truppendivision	57. Inf. Truppendivision	61. Inf. Truppendivision	20. Inf. Truppendivision	58. Inf. Truppendivision
17. Inf. Truppendivision	18. Inf. Truppendivision	50. Inf. Truppendivision
187. Infanteriebrigade	6. Gebirgsbrigade	16. Gebirgsbrigade	14. Gebirgsbrigade	81. Honvéd Infanteriebrigade
39. Honvéd Infanteriebrigade	2. Gebirgsbrigade	12. Gebirgsbrigade	5. Gebirgsbrigad	4. Gebirgsbrigade
10. Gebirgsbrigade	1. Gebirgsbrigade	13. Gebirgsbrigade	7. Gebirgsbrigade	15. Gebirgsbrigade
8. Gebirgsbrigade	3. Gebirgsbrigade
Reserve
93. Infanterie Truppendivision
Stabsquartier
VII. AK in Kostanjevica	XVI. AK in Dornberg	XV. AK in Kneža

Italien
2. Armee	3. Armee
VII. Armeekorps	X. Armeekorps	XI. Armeekorps	VI. Armeekorps	II. Armeekorps
IV. Armeekorps
13. Infanteriedivision	14. Infanteriedivision	20. Infanteriedivision	19. Infanteriedivision	21. Infanteriedivision
12. Infanteriedivision	11. Infanteriedivision	4. Infanteriedivsion	3. Infanteriedivision	32. Infanteriedivision
7. Infanteriedivision	8. Infanteriedivision	Bersaglieridivision	Alpinigruppe A und B	1/2 29. Infanteriedivision
Reserve
XIV. Armeekorps
1/2 29. Infanteriedivision	22. Infanteriedivision	28. Infanteriedivision	30. Infanteriedivision	23. Infanteriedivision
27. Infanteriedivision	33. Infanteriedivision	1. Kavalleriedivision	2. Kavalleriedivision	3. Kavalleriedivision
Stabsquartier
2. Armee in Udine	3. Armee in Cervigano

Quellen

• Österreichisches Staatsarchiv/Kriegsarchiv Wien

Literatur

• L'esercito italiano nella grande guerra (1915-1918) Volume I - IV / Roma: Ministerio della Guerra - Ufficio Storico, 1929-1974
• Ministero della Guerra Stato Maggiore centrale - Ufficio Storico. Guerra Italo-Austriaca 1915-18. Le medaglie d'Oro. Volume secondo - 1916. Roma: 1923
• Österreich-Ungarns letzter Krieg 1914-1918 Band II Verlag der Militärwissenschftlichen Mitteilungen Wien 1931-1933
• Anton Graf Bossi-Fedrigotti: Kaiserjäger - Ruhm und Ende. Stocker Verlag, Graz 1977

Siehe auch

• [[Isonzoschlachten]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Isonzoschlacht, Vierte} [[Kategorie:Italienfront (Erster Weltkrieg)] [[Kategorie:Schlacht des Ersten Weltkriegs]

The Battle of Asiago or Battle of the Plateaux (in Italian: Battaglia degli Altipiani), nicknamed Strafexpedition ("Punitive expedition") by the Austrians, was a counteroffensive launched by the Austro-Hungarians on the Italian Front on May 15, 1916, during World War I. It was an unexpected attack that took place near Asiago in the province of Vicenza (now in northeast Italy, then part of Austria-Hungary) after the Fifth Battle of the Isonzo (March 1916).

The idea came from Conrad von Hötzendorf, who had been maintaining for years (even before the outbreak of the war) the need of a punitive action against Italy, distrusting Italian loyalty to the Triple Alliance. Now, after Serbia's collapse and a series of Russian defeats on the Eastern Front, he had been allotted the resources to put that idea into practice. His plan consisted in a quick attack from Trentino toward the Adriatic Sea, cutting off Venetia and ensnaring General Cadorna's army in a giant trap.

It was not so easy, however, because the Italians had deployed in the area about 250,000 troops (General Brusati's First Army and part of the Fourth Army). Hötzendorff had asked Germany for help, but his request was denied because Germany was not yet at war with Italy (which would declare war on Germany three months later), and because redeploying German units on the Italian Front would have diminished German offensive capability against Russia.

Italian intelligence had been gathering information about an impending enemy offensive in Trentino — and a big one — for about a month, but Cadorna dismissed those reports, persuaded as he was that nothing could happen in that region.

On May 15, 2,000 Austrian artillery guns opened a heavy barrage against the Italian lines, setting Trentino afire. The Austrian infantry attacked along a 50km front. The Italian wings stood their ground, but the center yielded, and the Austrians broke through, reaching the beginning of the Venetian plain. With Vicenza about 30 km away, all the Italian forces on the Isonzo faced outflanking.

Cadorna hastily sent reinforcements to the First Army, and deployed the newly formed Fifth Army to engage the enemy in case they succeeded in entering the plain. The situation was critical.

However, on June 4, the Russians unexpectedly took the initiative in Galicia, where they managed to enter Austrian soil. Although they were effectively countered by German troops, Hötzendorf was forced quickly to withdraw half of his divisions from Trentino. With that, the Strafexpedition could no longer be sustained and the Austrians retired from many of their positions. Italian troops in the region were increased to 400,000 to counter the Austrian positions.

Although the Strafexpedition had been checked, it had political consequences in Italy: the Salandra Cabinet fell, and Paolo Boselli became the new Prime Minister.

Literatur

• A.E. Grestenberger: Die K.u.k. Befestigungsanlagen in Tirol und Kärnten 1860 - 1918. Verlag Österreich, Wien 2000
• Rolf Hentzschel: Österreichische Gebirgsfestungen im Ersten Weltkrieg, Athesia, Bozen 1999
• Wilhelm Nußstein: Militärgeschichtlicher Reiseführer - Dolomiten. Mittler, Hamburg 1997
• Kompass Carta turistica: Adamello-Presanella. Kompass Fleischmann S.ar.I. Instituto Geografico, I-38014 Gardolo (Trento)