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For the sake of the discussion among me and myself I put some fuel on the fire:

The quick rise of rank of Lieutenant Colonel Badoglio started after the actions on Sabotino Mount (taken by the Italians thanks to his own strategy of tunneling below the Austrian lines instead of the usual, idiotic, Cadorna's style frontal assault) finished during the very same action he devised against the Austrians, gallantly falling in the final charges to dislodge the Austrians...

The vital XXVII Army Corps, straddled into the Isonzo Valley now will not be led by Badoglio, who during the very preparation attacks for Caporetto by the Central Powers created a large part of the mess that caused the disgrace...