Nonetheless , Austro - Hungarian pilots based at Pula flew forty - two bombing missions over Venice after the Italian Front had advanced to within a few miles of the city .
Strategic bombing by Austria -- Hungary was limited , mostly confined to Italian targets on the Adriatic .
Austria -- Hungary     pilots based at Pula flew forty - two bombing missions over Venice after the Italian Front had advanced to within a few miles of the city .
Strategic bombing by Austria -- Hungary was limited , mostly confined to Italian targets on the Adriatic .