JUGOZAPADNO TALIJANSKO BOJIŠTE I MARŠAL BOROJEVIĆ U DALMATINSKIM NOVINAMA NARODNI LIST I SMOTRA DALMATINSKA (1915.–1918.)
THE SOUTH-WEST ITALIAN FRONT AND MARSHAL BOROJEVIĆ IN THE DALMATIAN NEWSPAPERS NARODNI LIST AND SMOTRA DALMATINSKA (1915-1918)

Author(s): Tado Oršolić
Subject(s): Media studies, Military history, Military policy, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Hrvatski institut za povijest
Keywords: Svetozar Borojević; southwestern Italian battlefield; Narodni list; Smotra Dalmatinska;
Summary/Abstract: Newspaper articles from Narodni list and Smotra Dalmatinska mentioning Borojević under various circumstances during his stay on the South-west Italian front (1915-1918) are analyzed in this work. By means of descriptive and analytical methods, an attempt is made to become better acquainted with his personality and role in the harsh and bloody wartime events on the Italian front. Borojević was generally described as a resolute and unrelenting commander who saw before him only his duty and nothing more or less than that. Imbued with military discipline, sometimes excessively unbending, he was a man of few words, but very popular in the army, with a great deal of compassion for the soldiers at the front. His popularity was also expressed among the civilian authorities, such that many cities declared him an honorary citizen. He rarely spoke of anything else besides war-related topics. He was entirely dedicated to his military mission and the defence of the front. Ultimately this stance resulted in successful defence, and the Italian army was halted on the Isonzo River, while this front in many ways set the course of the First World War – a view held by many military analysts of that period as well as the present day. Despite the fact that the newspaper articles have almost no critical observations on Borojević during his command of the south-west Italian front, this work does include an analysis of certain aspects of this consummate strategist and officer which were previously unknown to historiography.

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