Naval Battle Of Lissa, 1866

By André Geraque Kiffer

The Battle of Lissa or Battle of Vis (Croatian: Bitka kod Visa) took place on 20 July 1866 in the Adriatic Sea near the Dalmatian island of Vis (Lissa in Italian) and was a significant victory for a fleet of the Austrian Empire over a numerically superior Italian. One of the main reasons for this poor performance was the internal rivalry between the commanders of the Italian fleet and, as a consequence, the Italian admirals Albini and Vacca, with their ships, did not face the enemy during the entire battle. We understand that the Austrian maneuver was consistent and the best possible according to the available means, and also had luck in its favor and the failures of the Italian fleet. So let s test a hypothesis in which the latter will have its main tactical shortcomings corrected.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Clube de Autores
• Release date: Feb 3, 2024

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ANDRÉ  GERAQUE  KIFFER

Naval  Battle  of  Lissa,  1866. A  historical  simulation

Author's  Edition Rio  de  Janeiro

2022

---  Kiffer,  André  Geraque.

Naval  Battle  of  Lissa,  1866.  A  historical  simulation.  André Geraque  Kiffer.

Author’s  Edition,  Rio  de  Janeiro,  2022. Bibliography:  80  p.  30  im.  21  cm..

1.  History.  2.  Art  of  War.  3.  Science  of  War.  4.  War Games.  I.  Author.  II.  Title.

ISBN  978-65-00-44716-3

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3 PROLOGUE

As  a  Military  Historian  I  rely  on  a  summary  of  the historical  fact,  I  analyze  and  highlight  the  decisive factors,  before  simulating  hypotheses  what  if… hypotheses  through  a  board  game.  In  the simulation,  all  possibilities  of  the  purpose  of  the study  are  completed,  when  the  past  of  history  is analyzed  based  on  the  theory  of  the  present  and projected  for  similar  situations  in  the  future.  Since 2010  I  have  published  the  following  series  of simulations:  I.  Historical  Simulation  of  the  Wars  of the  First  Empires;  II.  Historical  Simulation  of  the Wars  in  Classical  Greece;  III.  Historical  Simulation of  the  Roman  Wars;  IV.  Historical  Simulation  of Wars  in  the  Medieval  Era;  V.  Historical  Simulation of  Wars  in  the  Modern  Era  (1453  to  1774);  VI. Historical  Simulation  of  Wars  in  the  Age  of Revolutions  (1775  to  1860);  VII.  Historical Simulation  of  Wars  in  the  Industrial  Age  (1861  to 1913);  "VIII.  Historical  Simulation  of  the  First  World

War;  IX.  Historical  Simulation  of  World  War  II;  X.

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Historical  Simulation  of  the  Cold  War  (1917  to 1991);  and  XI.  Historical  Simulation  of Contemporary  Wars  (1991  to  ...)". Keywords:  History.  Art  of  War.  Science  of  War.  War

Games.

5 SUMMARY

THIRD  ITALIAN  WAR  OF  INDEPENDENCE..….…6 AUSTRIAN  FLEET….....……………....….………...11 ITALIAN  FLEET…..………..….……………....….…13 BATTLE  OF  LISSA………...………………....….….16 HISTORICALANALYSIS….………………....….….22 HISTORICAL  SIMULATION….………………....….40

REFERENCES...………………………………….…79

6 THIRD  ITALIAN  WAR  OF  INDEPENDENCE

The  Third  Italian  War  of  Independence  (Italian: Terza  Guerra  d'Indipendenza  Italiana)  was  a  war between  the  Kingdom  of  Italy  and  the  Austrian Empire  fought  between  June  and  August  1866.

Im  1:  The  Theater  of  War.

The  conflict  paralleled  the  Austro-Prussian  War and  resulted  in  Austria  conceding  the  region  of Venetia  (present-day  Veneto,  Friuli  and  the  city  of Mantua,  the  last  remnant  of  the  Quadrilatero)  to France,  which  were  later  annexed  by  Italy  after  a

plebiscite.  Italy's  acquisition  of  this  wealthy  and

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populous  territory  represented  a  major  step  in  the process  of  Italian  unification.

Im  2:  Austro-Prussian  War.

Victor  Emmanuel  II  of  Savoy  had  been proclaimed  King  of  Italy  on  17  March  1861  but  did not  control  Venetia  or  the  much-reduced  Papal States.  The  situation  of  the  Irredente,  a  later  Italian term  for  part  of  the  country  under  foreign  domination that  literally  meaning  unredeemed,  was  an unceasing  source  of  tension  in  the  domestic  politics of  the  new  kingdom  and  a  cornerstone  of  its