Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-13740085-20140322054844/@comment-13740085-20140331174057

Every source I find has A-H outnumbering Italy, some by as over two million more men. Believe me, I didn't believe it at first either, but I found something like 15 more sources backing it up, and none of them had the Italians outnumbered by less than 1.5 million. German assistance was minimal at best, 5 German divisions assisting roughly 61 A-H divisions (these 61 were committed to the Italian front alone, doesn't include forces sent to combat the Romanians, Serbians, and Russians). The Italians were also assisted by a little more than five allied divisions to their around 58. Also, please keep in mind, A-H lines at the Isonzo were assaulted eleven separate time during the course of the war, the most successful being the sixth, where Italy took three times the dead as A-H. The Italians didn't make real progress until near the end of the war, when A-H was crumbling and Italy was supported by allied reinforcements. If Italy had so much trouble against only a portion of the A-H army, I doubt they would do better against the entire A-H army. Logistically, Italy can't win in this scenario.