The eminent British historian Cyril Falls recounts the story of Caporetto and the men who fought there, including a previously unknown German captain whose bold and brilliant tactics launched him on a spectacular career: Erwin Rommel. The author also analyzes the tangible and intangible factors in the situation that prevented the Austro-Germans from gaining the victory that at one point seemed almost in hand. For, despite Rommel's brilliance and the Central Powers' desperate need for a victory, the Caporetto offensive failed, and failing, became an omen of total defeat the following year.
Caporetto 1917
