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A Farewell to Arms

by Ernest Hemingway

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In book 3 of A Farewell to Arms, why does the Italian army begin to retreat?

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The retreat because German and Austrian forces began moving against them in October, 1917. The Italians have lost their spirit and the German and Austrian forces are stronger at this point.

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