Tirol avalanches of 1916

Tirol avalanches of 1916, series of massive avalanches in December 1916 that killed as many as 10,000 troops in the mountainous Tirol region, an area now occupying the northern part of Italy and the western part of Austria. As World War I escalated, Austro-Hungarian and Italian soldiers positioned themselves on the highest peaks of the snowy Alps, using the height as an advantage against enemy combatants. Weapons and other machinery were dragged up the mountainsides,...