I'll preface this by saying that in all I've ever done, I've done in service to Italy and to the pursuit of her rightful victory in the Great War! I've been associated with the Regio Esercito ever since I was 15 years old as a Cadet at the Turin Military Academy. I lived and breathed the military life and worked my way up the ranks throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and eventually obtaining the position as Chief of Staff of the Royal Army in July of 1914.
When my country boldly entered the Great War against the Central Powers in 1915, my orders were clear, break through the mighty Alps Mountains and take the Austrian fortress at Gorizia on the banks of the Isonzo River. From there, I was to turn south and capture Trieste and move towards of Ljubljana Gap, where it would be a smooth march straight to Vienna.
What no one made me aware of was just how meek and cowardly the soldiers and officers under my command were! Time and again, I give them simple orders. Take Gorizia. Each time however, my men fail to show the courage and morale befitting of Italians and fail repeatedly. I needed to make examples of these spineless excuses for soldiers and to put the fighting spirit back in them so I dismissed my Officers, and charged others with desertion and had them executed. My Entente peers commented on my methods saying they were "Barbaric" and that the charges I brought against these cowards was "Judicial Savagery" but it was only around 750 Officers. A small price to pay on the path to victory.
I keep ordering my men to attack, attack, and attack again. Finally, on the 6th offensive into the Isonzo River I take the first great prize, the cursed Austrian Fortress of Gorizia. From there, it's only a matter of moving to Trieste and onto Vienna to earn my place among the great military leaders such as Scipio and Caesar himself!
After 5 more offensives to break the Austrian line, disaster! My men! they just break and flee like cowards upon facing a single Austrian offensive! All my work erased! My Entente colleagues blame me for this failure of the highest degree. They demand that I be dismissed and replaced. Lies I tell you! The people-pleasing Prime Minister Vittorio Orlando has me removed from my post and my good name tarnished!
Now today, I have to constantly be the subject of ridicule to amateur history buffs who know nothing of leading an army. Incompetent they call me! Incompetent, a decorated Marshal of Italy who heeded the call when Italy was destined for war. Italy needed victory, and everything I did, I did to give Italy that victory in the Great War!
So, AITA for serving my country to victory? After all, 11th time's the charm, right?
NTA, your name shall forever be remembered amongst the likes of Scipio, Caesar and Aetius.
YTA, Armando Diaz is on his way to replace you you asshole
ESH. The soldiers failed to push into the heavily defended choke point. Bad on them. But once you see what doesn’t work try something else.
YTA, should've made it 13
NTA, I can’t believe your soldiers couldn’t execute your plan to exploit the Austrians inbuilt kill limit! Were they Sicilians?
YTA. You say you want to be like Caesar and Scipio, but you are only looking at their end results. If you really wanted to be like Ceasar you would know that he trained his soldiers as best as possible and never tried reckless maneuvers. If it was needed he would order to build a fort right in front of the enemy so his soldiers would have a better chance of victory.
The reason your soldiers are afraid is because they don't trust you, and I can't hardly blame them. Big YTA here.
Honor of Soviet soldier constantly smeared. You in the West call us callous to their suffering. Say we waste lives in useless assaults. Yet this how war is fought by you? Truly you are monster. No respect for men.
YTA
YTA, stop trampling all over my ancestral area and pushing my forebearers closer to starvation! Who says everyone wants to be part of this whole Italian Republic thing, anyway?
If I could curse you in one of our several non-italian languages, I would. But I can't, so instead I'll say this:
Il gno hovercraft al è plen di bisats!
Typical Italian generalship. I see things just don't change, do they....
YTA
NTA. I’m sure future generations will appreciate your efforts, and the Italian Army you built will be known forever for its courage and its organization.
Whenever someone heroically triumphs over an enemy they will say “they fight like Italians.”
NTA.
With a woefully underequiped army, you won at Gorizia, and then you won at Baensezza.
Yes, you lost at Caporetto, but the intelligence services did not know (and thus did not inform you) of the massively increased numbers of the Austro-Hungarian/Germans. That was quite a defeat, but you can’t win them all.
YTA You are their leader; your main purpuse is to motivate and inspire them. If you had taken more time to know them and had listened to their proposals they would never have fled.
NTA you did what you could to eliminate Italy as a "relevant" European power. Even if you weren't successfull, the attempt shall be honored.
I'll have you know I graduated the top of my class in Turin Military Academy and I have over 11 confirmed Isonzo offensives.
(OOC: I thought this was going to be about ongoing US attacks towards Richmond)
YTA. If we had any doubt, Capporetto erased that for all time.
NTA. 11th time's the charm indeed, as my mentor always said.
NTA your army your rules
YTA. You should have revised your strategy
NTA. dont worry they will realize your excellent service and reward with your name on some square in the newly won territory!!
YTA
If I'm not mistaken, the Austrian army attacked itself on campaign once, inflicting thousands of casualties on itself. A troop of boy scouts could've taken them by the tenth attack, eleven is ridiculous.