Caporetto
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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“It is sport’s Battle of Caporetto, Italy’s Vietnam,” wrote Emanuela Audisio in La Repubblica before the game.
From The Guardian • May 21, 2018
The Germans break through at Caporetto, and the Italian army dissolves.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1917 Foch became Chief of the French General Staff, made a flying visit to Italy to rally the Italian armies fleeing from Caporetto.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Italian front and the battle of Caporetto.
From Time Magazine Archive
I said I didn’t but that some of the other cars were at Caporetto.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
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