Svetozar Boroević, Croatian-Austrian field marshal (born 1856)

Svetozar Boroević

Austro-Hungarian field marshal (1856–1920)

Svetozar Boroević von Bojna was an Austro-Hungarian field marshal who was described as one of the finest defensive strategists of the First World War. He commanded Austro-Hungarian forces in the Isonzo front, for which he was nicknamed the "Lion of Isonzo".