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People were killed by stampede during an attack by the RAF Bomber Command in WWII as they made their way into Galleria delle Grazie, a railway tunnel in use as an air-raid shelter. Rushing down the 150 steps leading underground into the shelter, people fell on top of one another in a crush, accounting for the extremely heavy toll of the stampede.
Sicily–Rome American Cemetery and Memorial is a World War II American military war grave cemetery, located in Nettuno, near Anzio, Italy. The cemetery, containing 7,858 American war dead, covers 77 acres (31 ha) and was dedicated in 1956. It is administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission. [1]
Anzio War Cemetery is a special and communal cemetery for the local and surrounding peoples. It contains 1,056 graves resulting from Operation Shingle in 1944 as part of World War II . Having seen the make up of the 1st Canadian Division which was sent there in 1944 it is clear from the graves that those who rest there were from the units of ...
As a result, the war rape of Italian women in Italy by French colonial troops fell under the purview of both French military and Italian civilian law instead of international humanitarian law; following Marocchinate, 207 soldiers were tried for sexual violence, of which 168 were convicted. Three of those convicted were executed.
Pages in category "World War II cemeteries in Italy" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... Sicily–Rome American Cemetery and Memorial
List of Confederate monuments and memorials; List of Union Civil War monuments and memorials; List of Vietnam War memorials; List of New York City parks relating to the Vietnam War; List of monuments of the Gettysburg Battlefield
Prison camp for Italian military after the armistice of September 8, 1943, German propaganda photo "Italian Military Internees" (German: Italienische Militärinternierte, Italian: Internati Militari Italiani, abbreviated as IMI) was the official name given by Germany to the Italian soldiers captured, rounded up and deported in the territories of Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe in ...
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