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Bombing of Bahrain in World War II; Black Sea campaigns (1941–1944) Aerial warfare during Operation Barbarossa; Battle of Bardia; Battle of Përmet; Battle of Reç; Battle of Tirana and Kruja (1943) Operation Battleaxe; Battle of Beda Fomm; Action at Bir el Gubi (November 1941) Action at Bir el Gubi (December 1941) Battle of Bir Hakeim ...
[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]
Surrender of Caserta, whereby the German forces in Italy surrender, ending the Italian Campaign of World War II and the Italian Civil War. 10 December: Alcide De Gasperi becomes prime minister, holding the office until 1953. He is one of the Founding Fathers of the European Union and the first republican prime minister of Italy. 1946: 22 April
The Risorgimento movement emerged to unite Italy in the 19th century. Piedmont-Sardinia took the lead in a series of wars to liberate Italy from foreign control. Following three Wars of Italian Independence against the Habsburg Austrians in the north, the Expedition of the Thousand against the Bourbons of the Two Sicilies in the south, and the Capture of Rome, the unification of the country ...
Italian campaign of 1527 (North Italy) 6 May 1527: Sack of Rome (1527) 1–12 October 1527: Sack of Pavia; 22–23 March 1528: Siege of Melfi April – August 1528: Siege of Naples (1528) 28–29 April 1528: Battle of Capo d'Orso; May – 8 August 1528: Siege of Catanzaro Neapolitan campaign of 1528 (South Italy). Battle of Aversa
The major battle of Operation Market Garden; Allies reach but fail to cross the Rhine; British First Airborne Division destroyed. • Battle of Peleliu: A fight to capture an airstrip on a speck of coral in the western Pacific. • Battle of Aachen: Aachen was the first major German city to face invasion during World War II. • Battle of the ...
Pages in category "World War II operations and battles of the Italian Campaign" The following 60 pages are in this category, out of 60 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.