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Morale and Battlefield Performance at Caporetto, 1917
Authors:Vanda Wilcox
Affiliation:John Cabot University, Rome, Italy
Abstract:Abstract

How does morale relate to tactical and operational failure? Is it a cause or an effect? Using the Italian Army at Caporetto as a case study, this article explores the cyclical relationship between battlefield performance and morale. Combining quantitative analysis of army statistics with qualitative analysis of various official and private sources, this article analyses morale before the battle and during its opening phase. Italian morale appears surprisingly resilient and decisions to surrender or desert frequently relied on objective assessment of events rather than demoralisation. In this case it was battlefield defeat which turned disaffection into a full- scale morale crisis.
Keywords:Morale  Combat Outcomes  Battlefield Performance  Caporetto  Defeat
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