The encounter of the Assietta (19 July 1747) was the bloodiest single day battle not only of the War of Austrian Succession in Italy, but also of the whole military history of the Alps and of mountain warfare in general. In a matter of three hours of murderous firefight, around five thousand soldiers, out of 27,000 men engaged of two opposed French

Giovanni Cerino Badone (MA, PhD) is Professor of Modern History at the University of Eastern Piedmont 'Amedeo Avogadro'. Captain of the Italian Army Reserve Corps, he is also Lecturer of Military History at the Officer School (Scuola di Applicazione d'Arma) in Turin.
His main fields of interest are European Military History, Mountain and Fortifications Warfare in 17th and 18th centuries. He lives in Milan with his wife Roberta and his son Federico.