There are many enormous, Fascist-era war memorials and charnel-houses along the front holding the mortal remains of tens of thousands or more of fallen soldiers. I have visited these monumental tombs at Asiago, Pasubio, Monte Grappa, and Caporetto several times each, and it is always a sobering experience. As an artillery officer myself I was responsible for researching and giving a presentation to the group about the nature of indirect fire during the war. Army I participated in a battalion staff ride to the Asiago plateau north of Vicenza to study the battlefield. The World War I front is ubiquitous in northeast Italy, stretching over 400 miles across the Dolomites and Julian Alps from Lake Garda to the Isonzo River in Slovenia. I have hiked up dozens of alpine peaks still crisscrossed with trenches, tunnels, and artillery positions. I have lived in Italy for 10 years, during which time my passion for history and mountains has served me well. The Charnel-house of Pasubio, towering over the Venetian plain After reading Mark Thompson’s The White War: Life and Death on the Italian Front 1915-1919 (Basic Books, 2010), I learned a great deal about this important historical chapter, and strongly recommend this book to all readers of history. How many people even know which side Romania or Bulgaria fought on, or where Galicia is? The Italian Front is also largely unknown in the Anglosphere, except perhaps to note that it is the setting for Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms. The contributions of nations on other fronts are largely forgotten in this context. In the English-speaking world, this is almost always focused on the Western Front and the battles featuring Britain or the USA (I contributed to this phenomenon with my essay discussing Robert Graves, Goodbye to Christmas Truces). Authentic WW1 Atmosphere: Accuracy in everything from maps and weaponry to music and the uniforms – fight for the Kingdom of Italy or the Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy.During this ongoing centenary of the First World War, interest in “The War to End All Wars” has returned, especially in the form of articles and essays.
As a finishing touch, you can even pick your mustache from several famous period-accurate styles! Faces of War: Make every class your own by picking from a variety of historically class-appropriate uniforms, accessories, and headgear.Build for Victory: Place your own wire, sandbags, trench periscopes, and more! Whether you’re digging in or on the attack, shaping the battlefield to your advantage will be key to victory.Fight with 30+ WW1 weapons, poisonous gas attacks, and intense artillery barrages. World War One Gameplay: Historical Offensive game mode based on real battles and focused on the unique challenges of Alpine warfare.Tactical Multiplayer FPS: Choose your role and loadout carefully to survive this high-altitude combat – play a sniper to pick off the enemy engineers before they can cut your wire, use rifle grenades to clear enemy machine guns, and much more.Mountain Warfare: Assaulting mountain fortifications, battling through ruined towns, and fording rivers are just a few of the challenges you’ll face as you fight your way through numerous enemy positions.You’ve never experienced WW1 action quite like this! Everything is recreated based on research and field trips, from sound effects and uniforms down to the houses, vineyards and trenches you’ll be fighting over.
Reflecting the course of the actual battles, as the attackers advance the fighting will shift through vastly different landscapes within a single offensive: from hillside fortresses to mountain trenches and fierce urban combat on city streets. Take part in historical offensives from the Sixth Battle of the Isonzo to the Strafexpedition.
Shape a dynamic battlefield by laying sandbags and wire, placing ammo crates, deploying trench periscopes or sniper shields, and more. Lead the charge across stunning Italian landscapes as you choose your path to victory – cut paths through barbed wire, flank your enemies by following mountain trails, or man a mortar to blast a way through. Inspired by the two-year struggle for control of the Isonzo river valley and the Alps during World War One, Isonzo elevates the WW1 Games Series, figuratively and literally. World War One expands to the mountains of the Italian Front – beautiful but deadly in equal measure.
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