Dominic Sandbrook

the Austrian Supreme Commander.

Yes, he starts the First World War to impress Gina von Reininghaus, who is, ironically, Italian.

Oh, I didn't know that.

Yeah.

Remember, Conrad von Herzendorf had wanted to invade everybody, had demanded about 6,000 times to attack Austria's neighbours before the war finally started.

By 1915, he's lost his youngest son on the Eastern Front and he's managed to mislay 800,000 men who've been killed, basically the entire pre-war Austro-Hungarian army.

But this is the one thing that he gets right, the Italian campaign.

Is Gina impressed?

Must be very impressed.

Yeah, maybe, maybe.

It's a tragedy there.

So what he does is, Conrad von Herstendorf, he's finally learned the lessons.

And he says, we're not going to attack.

We're just going to be on the defensive.

What we have, we hold.

And he sends to defend the river Isonzo.

the most senior South Slav officer in the Imperial Army.

And Dominic, who is he and how do you pronounce his name?

He is a name to conjure with, Tom.

He's General Svetozar Boroevich.