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Drežnica, Municipality of Kobarid (SL: Občina Kobarid), Gorizia Statistical Region (SL: Goriška statistična regija), Slovenia. May 2025.

At the outbreak of World War I, most of the inhabitants of Drežnica were evacuated to the interior of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In the first months after the Italian attack on Austria-Hungary, the village was occupied by Italian troops and the rest of the inhabitants were sent to internment camps in Italy, where many died of malnutrition and bad conditions. The village was almost completely destroyed during the Battles of the Isonzo, but the church remained completely intact.

After the war, in 1918, it was occupied by Italian troops and annexed to Italy in 1920. Between 1920-1941, many locals emigrated abroad, mostly to Argentina and Yugoslavia, and the number of inhabitants dropped significantly.

Source: Wikipedia.