biography
pronunciation:
[kadaw(r)na]
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| lived:
| (1850–1928)
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| biography:
| Military leader, born in Pallanza, Piedmont, NW Italy. The son of Raffaele Cadorna, he was chief of staff from 1914 and in charge of the Italian army during World War 1. He halted the 1916 Austrian offensive and took Gorizia in 1917, but losses were extremely heavy, and he followed a policy of ruthless suppression of any dissent. The disastrous Caporetto defeat in October 1917 forced him to resign and Armando Diaz took command of the army. |
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