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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 ...
M26 Pershing- used immediately post World War II as frontline tank; M46 Patton- used temporarily until M47 Patton could be sent; M47 Patton-Main Italian MBT from 1952 to 1970. M60 tank-Replaced M47 saw service till end of Cold War; Leopard 1- used alongside M60.
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
The military history of Italy chronicles a vast time period, lasting from the military conflicts fought by the ancient peoples of Italy, most notably the conquest of the Mediterranean world by the ancient Romans, through the expansion of the Italian city-states and maritime republics during the medieval period and the involvement of the historical Italian states in the Italian Wars and the ...
Naples '44 was first published by William Collins in 1978 and republished as a paperback by Eland Books in 1983. An Italian / English documentary film based upon it, Napoli '44/Naples '44 , directed by Francesco Patierno and narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch , premiered at the Rome International Film Festival in October 2016.
The Italian campaign of World War II, also called the Liberation of Italy following the German occupation in September 1943, consisted of Allied and Axis operations in and around Italy, from 1943 to 1945.