The valley of Soča (Isonzo) was the stage of major military operations - 12 battles on (The Isonzo Front) in the First World War between May 1915 and November 1917 - which took over 2.000,000 human lives on both Austrian and Italian side.
Famous and unique is the Soča trout (SlovenianSoška postrv), Salmo trutta marmoratus, also named the Marble trout, who lives in the upper stream of crystal-clear river. It is the endemic fish species of the river basin of the Adriatic Sea and endangered due to introduction of non-autochthonous trouts between both world wars.
Some people call the river "the emerald beauty" because of its emerald green color of water.
The Soča inspired a Slovenianpoet Simon Gregorčič to write the poem Soči (To the Soča), one of masterpieces of Slovenianpoetry.
External links
Some beautiful photos of the Soča: http://www2.arnes.si/~opoljanelj/galerija_soca_eng.htm
Italien website "11 battles at the Isonzo" (the 12th was a triumph for the Austro-Hungarian troops, which came in Nov. 1917 at the "battaglia di Caporetto" till the river Piave) http://www.worldwar1.com/itafront/isonzo11.htm
The battles of the Isonzo were so-named because they were fought along the IsonzoRiver on the eastern sector of the Italian Front between June 1915 and November 1917.
The only practical area for Italian military operations during the war (the rest of the mountainous 400-mile length of the Front being almost everywhere dominated by Austro-Hungarian forces), the Austrians had taken due care to fortify the mountains ahead of the Italians' long-expected entry into the war on 23 May 1915.
Despite the huge effort and resources poured into the continuing Isonzo struggle the results were invariably disappointing and without real tactical merit, particularly given the geographic difficulties that were inherent in the campaign.
The Battle of the Isonzo is the name given to numerous battles fought in the IsonzoRiver valley of Slovenia.
Battle of Isonzo (489) - Ostrogoth invasion of Italy.
During the First World War the Isonzo valley lay on the Alpine Front between Italy and Austria-Hungary and was the scene of a succession of twelve battles:
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