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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 Spanish Bourbons in the south, and the Capture of Rome, the unification of the country was completed ...
This is a list of Italian equipment of the Cold War primarily the Italian Army. Note the main role of the Italian Army in the Cold War period was to protect Southern Europe from an attack from Yugoslavia.
The Italian invasion of British Somaliland was one of the few successful Italian campaigns of World War II accomplished without German support. In Sudan and Kenya, Italy captured small territories around several border villages, after which the Italian Royal Army in East Africa adopted a defensive posture in preparation for expected British ...
The Italian Civil War (Italian: Guerra civile italiana, pronounced [ˈɡwɛrra tʃiˈviːle itaˈljaːna]) was a civil war in the Kingdom of Italy fought during the Italian campaign of World War II between Italian fascists and Italian partisans (mostly politically organized in the National Liberation Committee) and, to a lesser extent, the Italian Co-belligerent Army.
A French railroad gun in Italian service. 7.5"/45 model 1908: 191mm: 22000: 1908: 24: 13770: 2.6: naval gun reused in coastal defense 203/45 Mod. 1897: 203.2mm: 18000: 1897: 40: 11900: 2.4: built for Giuseppe Garibaldi-class cruisers, used in World War II as siege gun and coastal defense 203/50 modello 24: 203.2mm: 30620: 1924: 26: 11900: 2.4
List of Italian Army equipment in World War II; Italian guerrilla war in Ethiopia; Italian invasion of Albania; Italian invasion of Egypt; Italian Military Internees; Italian occupation of Corsica; Italian participation on the Eastern Front; Italian prisoners of war in Australia; Italian prisoners of war in the Soviet Union; Italian Social Republic
The Allied invasion of Italy was the Allied amphibious landing on mainland Italy that took place from 3 September 1943, during the Italian campaign of World War II.The operation was undertaken by General Sir Harold Alexander's 15th Army Group (comprising General Mark W. Clark's American Fifth Army and General Bernard Montgomery's British Eighth Army) and followed the successful Allied invasion ...
World War II in the Mediterranean (1942–1945 Major Battles and Campaigns). Algonquin Books. ISBN 978-0-945575-04-7. Ellis, John (1993). The World War II Databook: The Essential Facts and Figures for all the combatants. BCA. ISBN 978-1-85410-254-6.