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The Italian invasion of France (10–25 June 1940), also called the Battle of the Alps, [b] was the first major Italian engagement of World War II and the last major engagement of the Battle of France. The Italian entry into the war widened its scope considerably in Africa and the Mediterranean Sea.
The Second Battle of the Alps (French: deuxième bataille des Alpes; Italian: seconda battaglia delle Alpi) was a military campaign fought between combined German and Italian Social Republic forces, and the re-established French Republic led by Charles de Gaulle and other Allied forces.
The Franco-Italian Armistice, or Armistice of Villa Incisa, signed on 24 June 1940, in effect from 25 June, ended the brief Italian invasion of France during the Second World War. On 10 June 1940, Italy declared war on France while the latter was already on the verge of defeat in its war with Germany .
The Battle of Authion was a military engagement that took place towards the end of World War II, shortly before the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945. Units of the French Army were sent to the French Alps to clear an important route from central France to Italy .
Italian invasion of France, Operation Dragoon, Second Battle of the Alps The Alpine Line ( French : Ligne Alpine ) or Little Maginot Line (French: Petite Ligne Maginot ) was the component of the Maginot Line that defended the southeastern portion of France .
The Battle of France (French: bataille de France; 10 May – 25 June 1940), also known as the Western Campaign (German: Westfeldzug), the French Campaign (Frankreichfeldzug, campagne de France) and the Fall of France, during the Second World War was the German invasion of the Low Countries (Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) and France.
Archaeologists researching a battlefield in Switzerland discovered a Roman military camp 7,000 feet above sea level. The camp is roughly 2,000 years old and ties to the Roman battlefield in the ...
Armee des Alps Commanded by Général d'Armée René Olry; 3 infantry divisions of type B; 14th Army Corps 15th Army Corps. Fortification sectors: Dauphiné, Savoie, Alpes Maritimes; Defence sectors: Rhône, Nice; Originally the French Sixth Army, the Army of the Alps was responsible for manning the southeast frontier with Italy. Overall ...