One Man Raid - The Lion Of The Isonzo

Svetozar Boroević (13 December 1856 - 23 May 1920) was an Austro-Hungarian field marshal who was described as one of the finest defensive strategists of the First World War. He recieved the Military Merit Cross,
Cross of the Order Star of Romania, Persian Order of the Sun and the Lion,
Order of the Iron Crown (Austria), Knights' Cross of the Order of Leopold,
Military Order of Maria Theresa and was the only South Slavic person ever to become the Field Marshall of the Austro-Hungarian Army.
During The Great War he fought on the Eastern, and the Western Front.
While there, Boroević's troops contained eleven Italian attacks and he was hailed as the Knight of Isonzo in Austria-Hungary, while his soldiers adored him and called him Naš Sveto! ("Our Sveto!").
Boroević refused to leave Isonzo and stayed with his Boroević Bojna, defending Isonzo until the end of the War.
After the demise and disintegration of Austria-Hungary, Boroević decided to become a citizen of the newly created Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. He was not welcome despite offering his services to the National Council of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs. Boroević could not understand the mean treatment he had to experience, "the only field marshal the Southern Slavs had ever produced", as he wrote in his memoirs.
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Band: One Man Raid
Album: The Final March