History A-Level
Caporetto
What Caporetto means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Caporetto
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The catastrophic defeat in 1917 that forced a humiliating retreat and severely damaged national morale.
Topics that use Caporetto
- 2L Italy and Fascism, c1900–1945 – The collapse of Liberal Italy and Mussolini’s Rise to Power, 1915–1922 (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Economic instability
- Failure of liberal democracy
- Fiume
- Home front
- mutilated victory
- Political violence
- Rise of mass movements
- Treaty of London
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