L'avvicinamento britannico al fronte italiano durante il 1917

Great Britain persuaded Italy to enter the conflict against the Central Powers in the hope of changing the balance that had been formed on the Western Front. When Italy failed to defeat Austria-Hungary quickly, Great Britain lost its interest on the Italian Front. Things changed when Lloyd George became Prime Minister and tried to change the British strategy. He believed that it was easier to defeat Austria-Hungary and so to isolate Germany. He proposed to send an allied expedition in Italy to make a joint attack against the Austrians. He had to face the opposition of the British generals and of the Italians. The only British support to the Italian sector in the 1917 was a small numbers of artilleries, but these were the first passes of the major British involvement after the battle of Caporetto. Even so, British government could not control the strategy of Italian army and Lloyd George could not use the Italian front to follow his strategy to isolate Germany

英国劝说意大利加入对抗同盟国（Central Powers）的战事，以期改变西线业已形成的战局平衡。当意大利未能迅速击败奥匈帝国时，英国便对意大利战线（Italian Front）失去了兴趣。直至劳合·乔治（Lloyd George）出任首相并试图变革英国战略，局势才出现转机。他坚信，击败奥匈帝国进而孤立德国的路径更为可行，遂提议派遣联军远征军赴意，与意军协同对奥匈军队发起联合进攻。但他不得不面对英国将领与意大利方面的双重反对。1917年，英国对意大利战区的唯一支援仅为少量炮兵部队，但这已是卡波雷托战役（Battle of Caporetto）后英国大规模介入战事的初步尝试。即便如此，英国政府仍无法掌控意大利陆军的战略部署，劳合·乔治也无法借助意大利战线推行其孤立德国的战略构想。