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Luigi Cadorna
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Luigi Cadorna was an Italian politician and military officer who served as a Marshal of Italy and general. He was a member of the Senate of the Kingdom of Italy and identified as an independent politician. His military career included service in the Royal Italian Air Force and participation in World War I, specifically on the Italian Front. He was born in Pallanza in 1850 and died in Bordighera in 1928.
Cadorna authored several works, including *Avec les armées de Cadorna*, *La guerra alla fronte italiana*, and *Pagine polemiche*. He received the Order of the Star of Karađorđe and the Inter-Allied Victory Medals. He held the noble title of count and spoke Italian. He is buried in Pallanza and was the father of Raffaele Cadorna.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Luigi Cadorna is referenced by 148 other articles, and connects out to Italian Front, Kingdom of Italy and Piave.
It is catalogued under topics including 1850 births, 1928 deaths and 19th-century Italian military personnel.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1850
- Died
- 1928
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Avec les armées de Cadorna
- La guerra alla fronte italiana
- Pagine polemiche
- Ceneral Kadorna'nın hatıratı
- Altre pagine sulla grande guerra
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- Alberto Pollio
- Succeeded by
- Armando Diaz
- Born
- ( 1850-09-04 ) 4 September 1850, Verbania , Kingdom of Sardinia
- Died
- 21 December 1928 (1928-12-21) (aged 78), Bordighera , Kingdom of Italy
- Profession
- Military officer
- Awards
- Order of the Bath , Grand Cross
- Allegiance
- Kingdom of Italy
- Branch service
- Royal Italian Army
- Years of service
- 1865–1917
- Rank
- Marshal of Italy , General
- Battles wars
- World War I Italian Front Battles of the Isonzo Strafexpedition Battle of Caporetto
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Luigi
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Pallanza
- Place of death
- Bordighera
- Child
- Raffaele Cadorna
- Father
- Raffaele Cadorna
- Occupation
- military commander
- Political party
- independent politician
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Noble title
- count
- Field of work
- politics
- Conflict
- Italian Front
- Military branch
- Royal Italian Air Force
- Military rank
- Marshal of Italy
- Image
- Luigi Cadorna 02.jpg
- Work location
- Kobarid
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- Commons category
- Luigi Cadorna
- date of birth
- 1850-09-04
- date of death
- 1928-12-21
- place of burial
- Pallanza
- start of work period
- 1865-00-00
- member of
- Senate of the Kingdom of Italy
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Encyclopedic overview
Luigi Cadorna, OSML, OMS, OCI (4 September 1850 – 21 December 1928) was an Italian general, Marshal of Italy and Count, most famous for being the Chief of Staff of the Italian Army from 1914 until late 1917 during World War I. He commanded the Italian army on the Italian front, a theatre marked by trench warfare and attrition on the Eastern Alps and Isonzo river. Cadorna launched multiple offensives across the Isonzo front during which the Italian army made gains, most notably capturing Gorizia (after counterattacking during the Strafexpedition) and Bainsizza, but it ultimately suffered a major defeat when German-Austrian forces attacked the Italian troops at Caporetto and forced them to retreat to the Piave river. He was relieved as Chief of Staff and replaced by Armando Diaz.
Cadorna's wartime leadership is a debated topic in public discourse and historiography. His detractors blame him for heavy casualties and a rigid discipline leading to the harsh treatment of Italian troops (with the alleged introduction of decimation), but others have ascribed merits to Cadorna and argued that high casualties were a consequence of the tactical-strategic realities of the war.
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