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Operation Bowler was an air attack on Venice harbour by Allied aircraft on 21 March 1945, as part of the Italian campaign in World War II. It was led by Acting Wing Commander, later Group Captain, George Westlake of the Royal Air Force. [1]
The first bombardment of Venice by Austro-Hungarian naval aircraft four hours after Italy declared war (illustration by H. R. Schulze, 1915) Air and naval actions started shortly after the Italian Kingdom entered the war on the Allied side on 24 May 1915.
The building is located in Venice, Italy. The explosion resulted in killing the night watchman, 49-year-old Franco Battaggliarin, who died instantly from the explosion. The police reported that they received an anonymous call claiming that the bomb was planted by Ordine Nero. [17] On 10 August 1983, a bomb was planted on Milan-Palermo train.
The Spring 1945 offensive in Italy, codenamed Operation Grapeshot, was the final Allied attack during the Italian Campaign in the final stages of the Second World War. [6] The attack in the Lombard Plain by the 15th Allied Army Group started on 6 April 1945 and ended on 2 May with the surrender of all Axis forces in Italy .
Milan police headquarters bombing: on May 17, 1973, a grenade attack by the anarchist Gianfranco Bertoli killed four people and injured fifty-two others. Piazza della Loggia bombing: on May 28, 1974, a bomb exploded in Brescia, killing eight people. Padova MSI headquarter attack: on June 17, 1974, the Brigate Rosse killed two Missini supporters.
The military history of the Republic of Venice started shortly after its founding, spanning a period from the 9th century until the Republic's fall in the 18th century. Military conflict between Venice and Italy began in the early 9th century with the intervention of Charlemagne's son King Pepin of Italy into Venice, which resulted in a failed ...
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The explosives were used in nearly all of Cosa Nostra’s numerous attacks against the State, including the Via Dei Georgofili bombing. D’Amato was sentenced to life imprisonment after a summary judgment in 2013. In 2015, he, too, became a collaborator of justice and a Pentito, confirming his and other mafiosi’s involvement in several bombings.