Ĭadorna launched four offensives in 1915, all along the Isonzo River. In particular large numbers of men and quantities of equipment had been deployed to Tripolitania leaving the home army disorganized. Cadorna was accordingly obliged to reverse long-established strategic plans while discovering that the army was ill-prepared for war against Austria-Hungary and Germany. The government of Premier Antonio Salandra favored initial neutrality over Italy's treaty commitments under the Triple Alliance. General Cadorna visiting Italian troops before the Second Battle of the Isonzo.Ĭadorna inherited a difficult political and military situation. When Italy entered the war in May 1915 on the side of the Entente, Cadorna fielded thirty-six infantry divisions composed of 875,000 men, but with only 120 modern artillery pieces. He was again offered the position in July 1914, as the Triple Entente and Central Powers girded for war. On the eve of Italy's entry into World War (1915), he was close to peace-time retirement age and had a history of differences with his political and military superiors.Ĭadorna had been offered the post of Chief of Staff for the first time in 1908, which he had rejected over the issue of political control during wartime. Promoted to lieutenant general in 1898 Cadorna subsequently held a number of senior staff and divisional/corps command positions. He wrote a manual of infantry tactics, which laid stress on the doctrine of the offensive. As Colonel commanding the 10th Regiment of Bersaglieri from 1892 Cadorna acquired a reputation for strict discipline and harsh punishment.
As major he was appointed to the staff of General Pianell, afterwards taking the post of Chief of Staff of the Verona Divisional Command. In 1870, as an officer in the 2nd Regiment of Artillery, Cadorna participated in the occupation of Rome as part of a force commanded by his father. Upon graduation, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant of artillery in 1868. At fifteen he entered the Turin Military Academy. In 1860 Cadorna became a student at the "Teuliè" Military School in Milan.
Luigi Cadorna was born to General Raffaele Cadorna in Verbania Pallanza, Piedmont in 1850. Marshal of Italy Luigi Cadorna, OSML, OMS, OCI (4 September 1850 – 21 December 1928) was an Italian general, Marshal of Italy and Count most famous for being the Chief of Staff of the Italian Army from 1914-1917 of World War I.
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