Kobarid

Kobarid (Italian Caporetto) is a town and a municipality in the upper So?a (Italian Isonzo) valley, West Slovenia, near Italian border.

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Kobarid is known for the famous Battle of Caporetto, where which the Italian Retreat was documented by Ernest Hemingway in his novel, A Farewell to Arms.

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The adjacent Tono?ov Grad archaeological site has buildings said to date back to Roman Empire days

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• Kobarid, official page of municipality in Slovene, English, Italian and German
• Museum of World War I, Kobarid - English and Slovene

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So?a: So?a is a river in Western Beskides, Poland. So?a is a right tributary to Wis?a River, it empties to Wis?a River near O?wi?cim. So?a is 89 km long....

Battle of Caporetto: The Battle of Caporetto (or Battle of Karfreit as it was known by the Central Powers), took place from 24 October to 9 November 1917, near Kobarid (now Slovenia) on the Austro-Italian front of World War I. Austro-Hungarian forces, reinforced by German units, were able to break into the Italian front...