Enceladus Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Although the Italian Front was a sideshow to the Western and Eastern Fronts of WW1, the persistence of both sides to fight in often treacherous terrain nor shall the sacrifice of these soldiers -- a consider amount of which were not attributed to combat -- be forgotten. Store page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1556790/Isonzo/ Dev blog -- War letters from soliders: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1556790/allnews/ Dev blog -- The Story of The Ice City in the Marmolada Glacier: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1556790/allnews/ 3 Quote Author of Liars in the Cockpit? The near crash of TWA flight 841 and The Deepest Pit of Hell: the forgotten tragedy of TWA flight 800 (1964) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enceladus Posted August 22 Author Share Posted August 22 Flyover of the upcoming Montello map, depicting the final Austro-Hungarian offensive on the Italian Front: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1556790/Isonzo/ 3 Quote Author of Liars in the Cockpit? The near crash of TWA flight 841 and The Deepest Pit of Hell: the forgotten tragedy of TWA flight 800 (1964) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Lee Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 Wow, that looks really awesome! I don't do online co-op stuff anymore; I wonder how the single player mode works. 🤔 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Enceladus Posted October 17 Author Share Posted October 17 WIP of the new White War map: Adamello https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1556790/view/4547038257929295109?fbclid=IwY2xjawF-e2pleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHcev89OyvS_HNX-D5IvXWuFqj3XwrNbpuby9JnuRU--_C7OBHgkt9I0mHA_aem_GhfskrgZH9zuQXWw6Ma5CA 2 Quote Author of Liars in the Cockpit? The near crash of TWA flight 841 and The Deepest Pit of Hell: the forgotten tragedy of TWA flight 800 (1964) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Lee Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 That looks cold! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheelsup_cavu Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 On 10/17/2024 at 4:23 PM, Enceladus said: WIP of the new White War map: Adamello https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1556790/view/4547038257929295109?fbclid=IwY2xjawF-e2pleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHcev89OyvS_HNX-D5IvXWuFqj3XwrNbpuby9JnuRU--_C7OBHgkt9I0mHA_aem_GhfskrgZH9zuQXWw6Ma5CA Just seeing those images made me start to shiver. 🥶 Wheels 3 Quote Download Missions, Skins, & Essential files for IL-2 1946 and several other game series from Mission4Today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enceladus Posted October 19 Author Share Posted October 19 (edited) On 10/19/2024 at 2:05 PM, wheelsup_cavu said: Just seeing those images made me start to shiver. 🥶 Wheels Whenever WW1 gets talked about it’s mainly affiliated with men fighting in muddy trenches but in Italy they also fought on mountains, up sheer cliffs and even in glaciers! (Climates and avalanches were common causes of losses on both sides.) All of this makes fighting on the Western Front a picnic by comparison. Rarely is that aspect ever talked about. It’s insane that almost 110 years later much of WW1 remains grossly untaught and undepicted in media. WW1 was just a crazed conflict over nationalistic dominance with the offensive goal of each nation/Empire having pretty much no set goal except inflicting a serious defeat or capturing the capital of their enemy that would knock them out of the war. Italy’s incompetence in WW1 set the stage for how incompetent they would be in WW2. In a two year period they only gained about 10 miles whereas the Austrians, aided by the Germans during the Battle of Caporetto, gained almost 100 miles in a two week period. The Italians only defeated Austria-Hungary because by then their war machine had been exhausted from other fronts as well and not through battlefield gains. Italy’s joining of the war was also poorly timed. If they had joined in September 1914 when the Russians captured swathes of Galician land (including my great-grandfather’s hometown) or during the Brusilov offensive, they could have done a lot of damage to Austria-Hungary and captured swathes of land beyond what was promised to them by the Treaty of London. Oftentimes when I play Isonzo as an Italian, I think, “Wow, we’re this willing to be turncoats and go through all this insanity just for a few patches of land that we long desire and more if we’re successful.” Luigi Cadorna’s strategy was just keep throwing men into mountainous terrain and hope they would dislodge the Austrians off of them and their mountainous fortresses. Tried 12 times, suffered a massive defeat, and almost lost Venice. Better rethink your strategies, Cadorna. Edited Monday at 05:12 PM by Enceladus 1 1 Quote Author of Liars in the Cockpit? The near crash of TWA flight 841 and The Deepest Pit of Hell: the forgotten tragedy of TWA flight 800 (1964) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aapje Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 Erwin Rommel fought as a Lieutenant in Isonzo, doing very well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheelsup_cavu Posted Monday at 04:09 PM Share Posted Monday at 04:09 PM On 10/20/2024 at 4:53 AM, Aapje said: Erwin Rommel fought as a Lieutenant in Isonzo, doing very well. Had never heard of his WW1 experience until now. Him and his 150 men taking 9,000 prisoners in a span of a little over two days on the Italian front was an absolutely amazing feat. https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/the-desert-fox-rises-to-glory.html Wiki says it was Quote In two and a half days, from 25 to 27 October, Rommel and his 150 men captured 81 guns and 9,000 men (including 150 officers), at a loss of six dead and 30 wounded. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Rommel#World_War_I Wheels 1 Quote Download Missions, Skins, & Essential files for IL-2 1946 and several other game series from Mission4Today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Lee Posted Monday at 05:15 PM Share Posted Monday at 05:15 PM Wow! That is some Sgt York stuff, on a company level! 🫡 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enceladus Posted Monday at 05:33 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 05:33 PM 1 hour ago, wheelsup_cavu said: Had never heard of his WW1 experience until now. Him and his 150 men taking 9,000 prisoners in a span of a little over two days on the Italian front was an absolutely amazing feat. By that point both the Italian and Austro-Hungarian Armies (both incapable for large scale offensives on their own) were greatly exhausted by the 11 battles and at the brink of collapse with the Austrians not wanting to fight anymore except against the Italians. The Italians technically speaking had won the 11th battle but the loss of hundreds of thousands of men for the sake of like 10 miles, along with Cadorna's poor coordination and decision making sent their morale to an all-time low. He was finally sacked after Caporetto and so too for the Italian Prime Minister. Rommel led the calvary charge, an extremely bold move given the circumstances but it paid off big time: gained more land in a day than the Italians had in two years! 2 Quote Author of Liars in the Cockpit? The near crash of TWA flight 841 and The Deepest Pit of Hell: the forgotten tragedy of TWA flight 800 (1964) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aapje Posted Tuesday at 07:47 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 07:47 PM He was very proud of the Pour le Mérite medal that he won due to that action. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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