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  2. Military history of Italy during World War II - Wikipedia

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    The Wehrmacht: The German Army of World War II, 1939–1945. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 1-57958-312-1. Rothenberg, Gunther Erich (1981). The Art of Warfare in the Age of Napoleon. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-20260-4. Sadkovich, James J. (1989). "Understanding Defeat: Reappraising Italy's Role in World War II". Journal of Contemporary History.

  3. History of the Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946) - Wikipedia

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    This article covers the history of Italy as a monarchy and in the World Wars.The Kingdom of Italy (Italian: Regno d'Italia) was a state that existed from 17 March 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy, until 2 June 1946, when civil discontent led to an institutional referendum to abandon the monarchy and form the modern Italian Republic.

  4. Italian campaign (World War II) - Wikipedia

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    [29] [30] [l] On the Western Front of World War II, Italy was the most costly campaign in terms of casualties suffered by infantry forces of both sides, during bitter small-scale fighting around strongpoints at the Winter Line, the Anzio beachhead and the Gothic Line. [31]

  5. List of heads of state of Italy - Wikipedia

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    During this period, the holders of the title were crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy. From the unification of Italy in 1861 to 1946 the head of state was the King of Italy , who was the same person as the King of Sardinia according to the Constitution .

  6. Italian Empire - Wikipedia

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    During World War II, Italy allied itself with Nazi Germany in 1940 and it also occupied British Somaliland, western Egypt, much of Yugoslavia, Tunisia, parts of south-eastern France and most of Greece; however, it then lost those conquests and its African colonies to the invading Allied forces by 1943. In 1947, Italy officially relinquished ...

  7. Italian resistance movement - Wikipedia

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    Bella ciao (Italian pronunciation: [ˈbɛlla ˈtʃaːo]; "Goodbye beautiful") is an Italian folk song modified and adopted as an anthem of the Italian resistance movement by the partisans who opposed Nazism and Fascism, and fought against the invading and occupying forces of Nazi Germany, who were allied with the fascist and collaborationist ...

  8. History of Florida - Wikipedia

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    In the 1940s and '50s, a new generation started working on issues, emboldened by veterans who had fought during World War II and wanted to gain more civil rights. Harry T. Moore built the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Florida, rapidly increasing its membership to 10,000. Because Florida's voter laws were not as ...

  9. Kingdom of Italy - Wikipedia

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    The Kingdom of Italy (Italian: Regno d'Italia, Italian: [ˈreɲɲo diˈtaːlja]) was a state that existed from 17 March 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy, until 10 June 1946, when the monarchy was abolished, following civil discontent that led to an institutional referendum on 2 June 1946.