Passato e Presente — Season 1, Episode 10: Caporetto: the Battle

Episode synopsis

Second of the three episodes dedicated to the centenary of the Battle of Caporetto (1917): a detailed analysis of the clash, resulted in the clamorous defeat of the Italians and in their tragic fall back to the Piave river.

About Passato e Presente

Program about historical dissemination, presented by Paolo Mieli. Each episode sees a historian interacting with the presenter and three young university students.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Defeat of the Dardanelles
• E2Nicolaj II, the Last Tsar
• E3The Trains of the Sun: Italy's Internal Migration in the 1950s
• E4Duce and America
• E5Charlemagne
• E6Caporetto: Before the Battle
• E7Battle Name: Lenin
• E8Italian Prisoners of the Allies
• E9Discord's Final: 1976 Davis Cup in Chile
• E11Tucci, Duce's Explorer
• E12Anne Frank, a Denied Memory
• E13Trotsky, the Impossible Revolution