The winter between 1916 and 1917 was the most difficult. It was now clear to everyone, from the commanders to the men at the front, that the war would be long, exhausting and without significant turning points. Along the line dividing the Kingdom of Italy and the Habsburg Empire, from Adamello to the Carso and the Isonzo, the armies faced each other with frontal assaults. But in some points of this long front the soldiers also had to fight against the adversities of nature. One of the most sensitive points was the Asiago Plateau. The Battle of the Plateaus Italy's entry into the war against the Central Powers was "greeted" from the Venetian Plateau with a mortar shot from...