Soldiers on WWI's Italian Front fought enemies, frostbite and avalanches

1917Soldiers hoist a field gun up a cliff face.Image: Robert Hunt/Windmill Books/UIG via Getty ImagesWhile the muddy and horrific trench warfare of the Western Front has become the most enduring image of World War I, some of the conflict’s bloodiest battles were fought high in the mountains of the Italian Front.At the start of the war in 1914, the Kingdom of Italy was part of the Triple Alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary, but refused to commit troops to their allies’ campaigns