The term ItalianWar can be used to refer to any of a number of conflicts The Social War 91 88 BC Any of the Italian Wars Any of the Wars of Italian Independence Italian Wars of Independence Disambig de Italienischer Krieg nl Italiaanse Oorlog ... more details
Italianwar crimes are a well documented ref name oliva06 Gianni Oliva Oliva, Gianni 2006 http www.libreriauniversitaria.it ...&uid 2&uid 70&uid 4&sid 47698766073667 Britain and the Hand over of ItalianWar Criminals to Yugoslavia ... Colonial authorities that Italianwar criminals did not face Nuremberg style prosecution for their crimes ... of mass destruction or the sanctioning of the war, Italian scholars agree that the evidence ... List of Italianwar crimes Image Inmate at the Rab concentration camp.jpg 250px thumb right Male inmate at the Rab concentration camp . This is a working list of violations of the Laws of War by Italian ... war criminals This is a working list of Italian high ranking military personnel or other officials ... extradition of 1,200 Italianwar criminals who however never saw anything like Nurnberg trial, because ... communist post war Italy . ref name pedaliu After two Italian film makers were jailed in the 1950s ... war crimes in occupied Greece , Journal of Modern Italian Studies , September 2004, vol. 9, no. 3 ... . Italianwar crimes 1940 43 , Mondadori, ISBN 88 04 55129 1 Alessandra Kersevan 2003 Gonars ... ricordo. ISBN 9788883251351 World War II Category Italianwar crimes Category War crimes committed by country ... the 20th century, but because the British government with the beginning of cold war saw in Pietro Badoglio a guarantee of an anti communist post war Italy it did not extradict him after the war. ref ... , especially in relation to foibe. War crimes During the first half of the 20th century, Italy was involved ..., Ethiopia the Second Italo Abyssinian War Abyssinian war , and in World War II , up to September 1943 as one of the Axis Powers and later assisting to some extent the Allies , except for the Italian ... . The military campaigns, except the actions of the Italian resistance movement Italian partisans ... claims on the territories they bombed and poisoned. In the strangest vagaries of war, the Ethiopians ... campaigns in protests demanding the return of their Italian liberators . Though neither the Italian ... more details
Italian Americans in the Civil War are the people of Italian people Italian descent, living in the United States, who served and fought in the American Civil War on both the Union American Civil War Union ... Civil War Home The Civil War Society s Encyclopedia of the Civil WarItalian Americans in the Civil War. ref Between 5,000 and 10,000 Italians fought in the Civil War for both the Union and the Confederacy. ref name Italian American Contributions http www.niaf.org research contribution.asp NATIONAL ITALIAN AMERICAN FOUNDATION Italian American Contributions. ref Four were Union generals, including General Luigi Palma di Cesnola , who was wounded, and who received the Medal of Honor Civil War ...&lpg PA1050&dq italian americans The Civil War Archive&source bl&ots lX FBRRCPF&sig BrGyJTf3yxcY ... of the American Civil War a political, social, and military history Italian Americans by David Stephen ... . ref name Italian American Contributions ref http www.civilwararchive.com Unreghst unnyinf3.htm 24 20The 20Civil 20War 20Archive The Civil War Archive Union Regimental Histories New York 39th Regiment ... Cesnola Italians of note who were interested in the war, and joined, and who had positions of authority, were Francesco Casale, who led the formation of an Italian Legion, and later was also involved in the forming of the Italian Garibaldi Guard Luigi Tinelli, an international politician and industrialist ... Ferrero, of the 51st New York Regiment, were generals in the Civil War. General Ferrero of the List of New York Civil War regiments 51st New York Regiment , was among the first Union officers to command African Americans in the Civil War black troops . Colonel Luigi Palma di Cesnola July 29, 1832 November 20, 1904 , an Italian American Italian American soldier and amateur Archaeology archaeologist ... the Medal of Honor for his actions during the American Civil War . It was awarded in 1897. ref http www.mypaesano.com Italian American History.htm Italian American History MyPaesano.com Retrieved 16 ... more details
. They engaged in a guerrilla war against the British troops and harassed those Italian civilians ... . The guerrilla war continued until summer 1943, when the remaining Italian soldiers started ... 1943. The very last Italian officer who fought the guerrilla war was Colonel Nino Tramonti in Eritrea ... history of Italy during World War II Italian Mare Nostrum Italian Empire Italian conquest of British ... guerrillas in Italian East Africa it icon DEFAULTSORT Italian Guerrilla War In Ethiopia Category ... during World War II Category 20th century in Italy Category Italian Resistance Ethiopia Category ...Image Africa Orientale Italiana.gif thumb 300px right Italian east Africa in May 1940, before the Italian conquest of British Somaliland The Italian guerrilla war in Ethiopia was as an armed struggle fought from the summer of 1941 to the autumn of 1943 by remnants of Italian troops in Italian East Africa , following the Italian defeat during the East African Campaign World War II East African Campaign of World War II . History When General Guglielmo Nasi surrendered with military honors the last troops of the Italian colonial army in East Africa at Battle of Gondar Gondar in November 1941, many Italians decided to start a guerrilla war in the mountains and deserts of Ethiopia , Eritrea and Somalia . Nearly 7,000 Italian soldiers according to the historian Alberto Rosselli ref Rosselli, Alberto ... participated in this fight against the British army, in the hope that the German Italian army of Rommel would win in Egypt making the Mediterranean an Italian Mare Nostrum and retake the recently occupied territories. There were originally two main Italian guerrilla organizations the Fronte di Resistenza ... led by Colonel Lucchetti and centered in the main cities of the former Italian East Africa . Its main ... POW cities of Asmara and Decamer . In the first months of 1942 because of the August 1940 Italian conquest of British Somaliland , there were also Italian guerrillas in British Somaliland . ref ... more details
1848 16,000 men strength2 N A casualties1 casualties2 Campaignbox First ItalianWar of Independence The First ItalianWar of Independence was fought in 1848 and 1849 between the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Austrian Empire . The war saw main battles at Battle of Custoza 1848 Custoza and Battle of Novara ... in her Italian possessions. The war The Piedmontese army was composed of two corps and a reserve ... See also Italian Wars of Independence Second ItalianWar of Independence Third ItalianWar of Independence DEFAULTSORT First ItalianWar Of Independence Category Wars involving Austria 1 indipendenza ... of Sardinia decided to exploit the apparently favourable moment, and declared war on Austria, in alliance ... Duke of Tuscany also declared his entrance in the war against Austria, with a contingent of 6,700 ... million francs to Austria. The war marked the failure of Sardinia to defeat Austria singlehandedly ... Category Wars of Italian Independence Category 1848 in Italy Category 1848 in Austria ar ... more details
island Lissa Campaignbox Austro Prussian War The Third ItalianWar of Independence was a conflict which paralleled the Austro Prussian War , and was fought between the Kingdom of Italy 1861 1946 Kingdom ... into an open war in 1866, offering Italy an occasion to regain Venetia. On April 8, 1866 the Italian ... front. Italian preparations At the outbreak of the war, the Italian military situations was hampered ... Prussian War Armistice of Cormons First ItalianWar of Independence Second ItalianWar of Independence ... of the Irredente a later Italian term for part of the country under foreign domination, literally ... . Italian armies, led by general Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora , were to engage the Austrians on the southern ... navies which had formed the Regia Marina the unified Italian Navy the unsolved question about the supreme command, already disputed between Italian former prime minister Camillo Benso, Conte di Cavour ... courageous, he was unsuited to the role. Italian invasion Prussia began hostilities on June 16, 1866 by attacking several German principates allied with Austria. Three days later Italy declared war on Austria, starting the military operations on June 23. The Italian forces were divided into two armies ..., however, did not act offensively for the entire first part of the war, conducting only several ... battle of Vezza d Oglio . The general course of the war, however, was to turn in Italy s favor ... , concentrating on the defense of Trentino and Isonzo . New Italian offensive On July 5 the Italian ... the conditions for Italy. On July 14, during a council of war held in Ferrara , the new conduct of the war ... the Italian Navy, commanded by Admiral Carlo di Persano was to sail in the Adriatic Sea ... were however obscured by the unexpected defeats of the bulk of the Italian army at the Battle of Custoza 1866 Battle of Custoza on June 24 and of the Italian Navy at the Battle of Lissa 1866 ... This article is a translation of an article in the Italian language Wikipedia. Category Wars ... more details
Infobox military conflict conflict Italian Civil War partof World War II image File FerruccioNazionale.jpg 190px caption Italian Civil War scene. Partisan hanged by republican fascists of the Decima Flottiglia ... 22px Alfredo Pizzoni casualties1 casualties2 The expression Italian Civil War is used to define ... The war was fought between the forces of the fascist Italian Social Republic of Benito Mussolini , allied to the Axis powers Axis , and the Italian partisans, aided by the Allies of World War II Allies ... who have studied the Italian civil war have not restricted their analysis to the war itself ... civil war a widespread used term in Italian ref See as examples Renzo De Felice and Gianni Oliva . ref ... war , published in 1983 by the Italian writer and journalist Indro Montanelli as the fifteen ... Campaign World War II Italian Campaign , partisans were supported by Allied forces with small ... deserving of punishment . Par of Italian press during the war period agrees that, in addition ... with Claudio Pavone on his analysis on Italian civil war Category 20th century in Italy Category Italian Campaign Category World War II fr Guerre civile italienne it Guerra civile in Italia 1943 1945 ... Capitulation of Kingdom of Italy 1861 1946 Italy to Allies of World War II Allied forces , arrest and subsequent rescue of Benito Mussolini . result Defeat of Italian Social Republic republican fascists by Italian resistance movement partisans and establishment of the Italy Italian Republic . combatant1 flagicon Italy Italian Social Republic br small Allied small br Image Flag of Germany 1933.svg ... 1946 Kingdom of Italy br File Flag of Italian Committee of National Liberation.svg 23px Italian resistance ... National Republican Army br flagicon Italian Social Republic Benito Mussolini KIA br flagicon Italian ... br flagicon Italian Social Republic Renato Ricci br C in C Decima Flottiglia MAS X MAS br flagicon Italian Social Republic Junio Valerio Borghese commander2 C in C Italian Co Belligerent Army Italian ... more details
Infobox military conflict conflict Greco ItalianWar partof the Balkans Campaign World War II Balkans Campaign of World War II image File Ethnos newspaper 28 October 1940.jpg 240px caption Greek newspaper announcing the war date 28 October 1940 23 April 1941 place Southern Balkan Peninsula result Greek ... br 52 aircraft ref name HAF Total 83,578 Campaignbox Balkans Campaign Campaignbox Greco ItalianWar The Greco ItalianWar lang el Ellinoitalik s P lemos or P lemos tou Sar nda , War of 40 , lang it Guerra di Grecia , War of Greece was a conflict between Kingdom ... 1941 the armistice was repeated including the Italians, effectively ending the Greco Italianwar. The Greek ..., and hasty preparations started for the event of an Italian attack. As war exploded in Central Europe ... the regime . Mussolini s war aims The initial Italian goal of the campaign was to establish ... months. ref name Bauer1 Nonetheless, D day was set at dawn on 26 October. The Italianwar plan, codenamed ... books?id QOlmAAAAMAAJ&q An abridged history of the Greek Italian and Greek German war ... for the forthcoming war during the late 1930s. In addition, Greek morale, contrary to Italian expectations ... of Elaia Kalamas The war started with the Military history of Italy during World War II Italian military ... AlpinoeMulo.JPG thumb 180px Photo of an Italian soldier during the war. Greek counterattacks resulted ... Allied actions, tied down several German and Italian divisions during the course of the war. However ... of the Italian occupied but Greek populated Dodecanese islands at the conclusion of World War II, in 1947. The Greco ItalianWar remembered Unreferenced section date February 2010 The 1940 war, popularly ... An Abridged History of the Greek Italian and Greek German War, 1940 1941 Land Operations location ... MacGregor last Knox title Hitler s Italian Allies Royal Armed Forces, Fascist Regime, and the War ... to 23 April 1941. It marked the beginning of the Balkans Campaign World War II Balkans Campaign of World ... more details
on 28 September 1538. Notes reflist DEFAULTSORT ItalianWar Of 1536 1538 Category 1530s conflicts Category Italian Wars Category Wars involving France Category Wars involving Spain Category Wars involving ...File Truce of Nice 1538.jpg thumb 300px The truce of Nice, 1538, between Francis I of France Francis I and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V , and mediated by Pope Paul III . Painting by Taddeo Zuccari . Campaignbox Italian Wars The ItalianWar of 1536 1538 between Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Francis I of France began with the death of Francesco Maria Sforza , the duke of Milan . When Charles son Philip II of Spain Philip inherited the duchy, Francis invaded Italy, capturing Turin , but failed to take Milan . In response, Charles invaded Provence , advancing to Aix en Provence , but withdrew to Spain rather than attacking the heavily fortified Avignon . There is also a story that French troops deliberately left over ripe fruit on the trees in an attempt to give Charles s troops dysentery. France had secured Franco Ottoman alliance an alliance with the Ottoman Empire in 1536 through the diplomatic efforts of Jean de La For t . ref name Mattingly155 http books.google.com books?id 2 0cVoc fmoC&pg PA155 Renaissance diplomacy by Garrett Mattingly p.155 ref A Franco Turkish fleet was stationned in Marseilles by the end of 1536, threatening Genoa . ref name books.google.com http books.google.com books?id yKo8AAAAIAAJ&pg PA72 The Cambridge modern history Sir Adolphus William Ward p.72 ref In 1537 Hayreddin Barbarossa Barbarossa raided the Italian coast and laid a siege ... with the Truce of Nice on 18 June 1538. ref http books.google.com books?id yKo8AAAAIAAJ&pg PA73 The Cambridge modern history Sir Adolphus William Ward p.73 ref The Truce of Nice ended the war, leaving ... 1536 1538 ca Guerra d It lia de 1535 38 et Itaalia s da 1536 1538 es Guerra italiana de 1536 1538 fr Huiti me guerre d Italie it Guerra d Italia del 1535 ru 1536 1538 ... more details
Infobox military conflict conflict First ItalianWar partof the Italian Wars image File Italy 1494 v2.png 300px caption Italy in 1494 date 1494 1495 98 place Italy casus territory result League of Venice victory combatant1 flagcountry Kingdom of France valois combatant2 image Emblem of the Papacy SE.svg 18px Papal States br flag Republic of Venice br image Bandera de N poles Trast mara.svg 22px Kingdom of Naples br Image Armoiries Espagne Catholique.svg 20px Spain br Image Flag of the Duchy of Milan 1450 .svg 22px Duchy of Milan br flag Holy Roman Empire br File Flag of Florence.svg 22px Republic of Florence commander1 flagicon Kingdom of France valois Charles VIII of France Charles VIII commander2 image Armoiries Anjou J rusalem.svg 18px Ferdinand II of Naples br Image Armoiries Espagne Catholique.svg 20px Ferdinand II of Aragon Ferdinand of Aragon br image Coat of arms of the House of Gonzaga 1433 .svg 18px Francesco II of Gonzaga Francesco II br strength1 25,000 men ref name Ritchie64 R. Ritchie, Historical Atlas of the Renaissance , 64 ref 8,000 Swiss mercenaries strength2 Unknown casualties1 13,000 men ref name Ritchie64 casualties2 Unknown Campaignbox First ItalianWar Campaignbox Italian Wars The First ItalianWar 1494 1495 98 , sometimes referred to as the ItalianWar of 1494 or Charles VIII s ItalianWar , was the opening phase of the Italian Wars . The war pitted Charles ... , and an alliance of Italy Italian powers led by Pope Alexander VI . Prelude Pope Innocent VIII , in conflict ... Italian politics. Ferdinand died in January 1494 , and was succeeded by his son Alfonso II of Naples ... on 20 May 1495, leaving Gilbert de Montpensier as Viceroy , with some troops. The Italian states ... with whom he sought asylum in Sicily , the Italian army followed Charles VIII s retreat north ... in a power game with France and various Italian states over his attempts to secure secular fiefdoms ... 0 8160 2851 6. Category Italian Wars Category Wars involving France Category Wars involving the Duchy ... more details
Infobox military conflict conflict Second ItalianWar partof the Italian Wars image File Bandera de N poles Trast mara.svg 300px caption Flag of the Kingdom of Naples under Trast mara dynasty. date 1499 1504 place Italy casus territory Louis XII of France ceded Kingdom of Naples Naples to Ferdinand II of Aragon Ferdinand the Catholic . br French control of the Duchy of Milan . result Spanish victory ref Treaty of Lyon 1503 Louis ceded the Kingdom of Naples to Ferdinand. ref combatant1 flagcountry Kingdom of France valois br flag Republic of Venice br Image Armoiries Espagne Catholique.svg 20px Spain until 1501 combatant2 Image Flag of the Duchy of Milan 1450 .svg 22px Duchy of Milan br image Bandera de N poles Trast mara.svg 22px Kingdom of Naples br Image Armoiries Espagne Catholique.svg 20px Spain after 1501 commander1 flagicon Kingdom of France valois Louis XII of France br flagicon Kingdom of France valois Louis d Armagnac, Duke of Nemours Duke of Nemours br flagicon Kingdom of France valois Ludovico II of Saluzzo Ludovico II br flagicon Kingdom of France valois Bernard Stewart, Lord of Aubigny B rault Stuart d Aubigny Cesare Borgia commander2 Image Armoiries Espagne Catholique.svg ... Diego Hurtado de Mendoza Campaignbox Second ItalianWar Campaignbox Italian Wars The Second ItalianWar 1499 1504 , sometimes known as Louis XII s ItalianWar or the War over Naples , was the second of the Italian Wars it was fought primarily by Louis XII of France and Ferdinand II of Aragon , with the participation of several Italian powers. In the aftermath of the First ItalianWar , Louis ... of male heirs, she would inherit the House of Visconti Visconti dominions. ref The War ... s insistence that he be recognized as king of both Naples and Sicily soon led to war between France ..., France and Spain defined their respective control of Italian territories. France controlled northern ... Times 1501 AD 1600 AD Category 1500 in law Category 1501 in law Category 1504 in law Category Italian ... more details
Infobox military conflict conflict ItalianWar of 1551 1559 partof image Image Scannagallo Vasari.jpg 300px caption Battle of Marciano The Battle of Scannagallo in 1554 by Giorgio Vasari , in the Palazzo Vecchio of Florence . date 1551 1559 place France , Flanders , Italy and the Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean coordinates map type latitude longitude map size map caption territory result br Treaty of Cateau Cambr sis Peace of Cateau Cambr sis , France renounces its claim in Italy but wins Metz, Toul and Verdun in Lorraine and Calais from England. Spain is confirmed as the dominant power in Italy status combatant1 flagcountry Kingdom of France valois br File Siena Stemma.png 20px Republic of Siena br flag Ottoman Empire 1453 combatant2 flagicon Spain 1506 Spanish Empire Spain br flag Holy Roman ... casualties2 casualties3 notes Campaignbox ItalianWar of 1551 Campaignbox Italian Wars The ItalianWar of 1551 1551 1559 , sometimes known as the Habsburg Valois War , began when Henry II of France , who had succeeded Francis I of France Francis I to the throne, declared war against Charles V, Holy ... was the first step of the all out ItalianWar of 1551 59 in the European theater, and in the Mediterranean ..., Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I , the focus of the war shifted to Flanders , where Philip, in conjunction ... . England s entry into the war later that year led to the French capture of Calais , and French ... Italy. The Pope was also their natural ally. The only truly independent entities on Italian soil .... Ultimately, the treaty ended the 60 year, Habsburg Valois war. Emmanuel Philibert , Duke of Savoy ... The Age of Religious War, 1559 1715 , University of Toronto Press, 2006 , 122. ref Henry died during ... . For the Habsburgs as a whole, the result was mixed too, as the war had weakened their position ... withstood the French effort. England fared poorly during the war, and the loss of its last ... 1974 4 Category 1550s conflicts Category 1556 in law Category 1559 in law Category Italian Wars Category ... more details
Infobox military conflict conflict ItalianWar of 1542 46 partof the Italian Wars image Image Siege of Nice ... Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland Viscount Lisle Campaignbox ItalianWar of 1542 1546 Campaignbox Italian Wars The ItalianWar of 1542 46 was a conflict late in the Italian Wars , pitting Francis ... participants. The war arose from the failure of the Truce of Nice , which ended the ItalianWar of 1536 ... and England. The deaths of Francis and Henry in early 1547 left the resolution of the Italian Wars to their heirs. Prelude The Truce of Nice, which ended the ItalianWar of 1536 38 , provided little ... claim Charles, for his part, insisted that Francis comply at last with the terms of the ItalianWar ... in Spain after the ItalianWar of 1521 1526 ItalianWar of 1521 26 . ref Knecht, Renaissance Warrior ... Cambr sis ended the ItalianWar of 1551 59 and six decades conflict. Notes Reflist colwidth 30em ... article DEFAULTSORT ItalianWar of 1542 1546 Category 1540s conflicts Category 16th century ... of the war saw extensive fighting in Italy , France , and the Low Countries , as well as attempted ... claims to the Duchy of Milan . Having found a suitable pretext, Francis once again declared war ... of battles of the Italian Wars St. Dizier Saint Dizier prevented a decisive offensive against ... hostilities had ended, giving way to a cautious entente, neither monarch was satisfied with the war ... the two powers continued through 1538 and into 1539. In 1539, Francis invited Charles who faced Revolt ... , promised not to declare war for as long as the Emperor was campaigning. ref Knecht, Renaissance ... of his troops by November. ref Arnold, Renaissance at War , 144 145 Knecht, Renaissance Warrior , 479 ... from Constantinople with promises of Ottoman aid in a war against Charles. ref Knecht, Renaissance Warrior , 479. ref Francis declared war on 12 July, naming various injuries as the causes among them ... revolt, see Knecht, Renaissance Warrior , 480 483. ref Image Battles in northern France during the Italian ... more details
Use dmy dates date April 2012 Infobox military conflict conflict ItalianWar of 1521 26 partof the Italian ... condottiero Prospero Colonna Campaignbox ItalianWar of 1521 1526 Campaignbox Italian Wars The ItalianWar of 1521 26 , sometimes known as the Four Years War , ref The name refers to the four years between the beginning of hostilities in 1521 and the Battle of Pavia in 1525, although the war did not formally end until 1526. ref was a part of the Italian Wars . The war pitted Francis I of France ... the terms of the treaty, starting the War of the League of Cognac . Although the Italian Wars ... Press, 1973. ISBN 0 8371 5025 6. Featured article DEFAULTSORT ItalianWar of 1521 1526 Category 1520s ... . The war broke out across Western Europe late in 1521 when the French invaded Navarre and the Low ... began on the Italian Peninsula . At the Battle of Bicocca , Imperial and Papal forces ... and many of his chief nobles were killed, led to the end of the war. With Francis imprisoned in Spain ..., stymied in his ambition to become Holy Roman Emperor, pushed Europe into war. In December, the French began to plan for war. Francis did not wish to openly attack Charles because Henry had announced .... ref Hackett, Francis the First , 226 Oman, Art of War , 173 174. ref Charles was meanwhile preoccupied ... to engage the Imperial forces immediately. ref Oman, Art of War , 176 178. ref On 27 ... Charles V , 57 Hackett, Francis the First , 249 250 Taylor, Art of War in Italy , 125 126. ref ... his marriage to Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon , who had died shortly before the start of the war. Louise ... lands would improve his own financial position sufficiently to continue the war and began ... collapsed. The death of Doge of Venice Doge Antonio Grimani brought Andrea Gritti , a veteran of the War ... and on 29 July concluded the Treaty of Worms, which removed the Republic from the war. ref Guicciardini ... armies during the war. Francis now turned his attention to Lombardy. In October 1523, a French army ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2010 This is a list of Italy Italian divisions in World War II . Alpini Divisions ... Lists of military units and formations of World War II Italian Divisions Category Divisions ... 25px 6 Alpine Division Alpi Graie Armoured Divisions Italian 131 Armoured Division Centauro Italian 132nd Armored Division Ariete Italian 132 Armoured Division Ariete Italian 133 Armoured Division Littorio Italian 134 Armoured Division Freccia Italian 135 Armoured Division Ariete II Italian 136 ... Italian 1 Blackshirt Division 23 Marzo 2nd Blackshirt Division 28 October Italy Italian 2 Blackshirt Division 28 Ottobre 3rd Blackshirt Division 21 April Italy Italian 3 Blackshirt Division 21 Aprile 4th Blackshirt Division 3 January Italy Italian 4 Blackshirt Division 3 Gennaio 5th Blackshirt Division 1 February Italy Italian 5 Blackshirt Division 1 Febbraio 6th Blackshirt Division Tevere Italy Italian 6 Blackshirt Division Tevere 7th Blackshirt Division Cirene Italy Italian 7 Blackshirt Division Cirene Italian M Blackshirt Armoured Division Celere Fast Divisions Italian 1 Celere Division Eugenio di Savoia Italian 2 Celere Division Emanuele Filiberto Testa di Ferro Italian 3 Celere Division Amedeo Duca d Aosta Coastal Divisions Italian 201 Coastal Division Italian 202 Coastal Division Italian 203 Coastal Division Italian 204 Coastal Division Italian 205 Coastal Division Italian 206 Coastal Division Italian 207 Coastal Division Italian 208 Coastal Division Italian 209 Coastal Division Italian 210 Coastal Division Italian 211 Coastal Division Italian 212 Coastal Division Italian 213 Coastal Division Italian 214 Coastal Division Italian 215 Coastal Division Italian 216 Coastal Division Italian 220 Coastal Division Italian 221 Coastal Division Italian 222 Coastal Division Italian 223 Coastal Division Italian 224 Coastal Division Italian 225 Coastal Division Italian 226 Coastal Division Italian 227 Coastal Division Italian 230 Coastal Division Infantry Divisions Italian 1 Infantry ... more details
The Italian American War Veterans of the United States ITAMVETS is an Italian American List of veterans organizations veterans organization . The group was granted a congressional charter under Title 36 of the United States Code on November 20, 1981. Any United States nationality law American citizen who was Military discharge honorably discharged or separated from the U.S. armed forces during the periods of war or conflict is eligible for membership. Posthumous membership may be given to those who have died in wartime, and active duty membership may be given to those that remain in the military. Posts currently exist in Florida , Illinois , Massachusetts , New York , Ohio , Pennsylvania and Rhode Island . The National Ladies Auxiliary is the affiliate organization for women. External links http www.itamvets.org Official website DEFAULTSORT Italian American War Veterans Of The United States Category American veterans organizations Category American people of Italian descent US org stub ... more details
File German pows stalingrad 1943.jpg thumb right 390px Axis POWs in Stalingrad Italian prisoners of war in the Soviet union is related to the POWs, from the ItalianItalian Army in Russia ARMIR and CSIR , and their fate in Joseph Stalin s Soviet Union during and after World War II . Characteristics Over 60,000 Italian prisoners of war POWs were taken captive by the Red Army in the Second World War ... sources list the deaths of 28,000 of the 49,000 Italianwar prisoners according to them in Soviet ... Vio, 2004 . Italian prisoners of war in the Soviet Union were subject to plenty of propaganda , which ... Union World War II state collapsed DEFAULTSORT Italian Prisoners Of War In The Soviet Union Category Military history of Italy during World War II Category Contemporary Italian history Category ... Italian prisoners of war Soviet Union ar ... 1942 which annihilated the Italian Army in Russia Italian participation in the Eastern Front ... of Stalingrad Stalingrad . In this period the total figure of missing Italian soldiers amounted to 84,830 Italian Ministry of Defence, 1977a 1977b . According to the Soviet archives, 54,400 Italian Prisoner of War prisoners of war reached the Soviet prisoner camps alive 44,315 prisoners died in captivity ... , including date and place of death was yielded by the Russian authorities after 1989 Italian Ministry ... in Eastern European Russia , were the camps where most Italian POWs were detained in dismal conditions. Others were known just by their reference numbers, as Lager 58 c and Lager 171 Italian Ministry ... soldiers alive and increased food availability. War criminals Most of the survivors were allowed to return to Italy in 1945 1946. In the same years, a group of Italian officers under detention were accused of war crimes and sentenced to many years of forced labour . After the death of Stalin ... were therefore unlikely. Soviets captured by the Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia Corpo di Spedizione ... more details
File World war 2 bombing killed memorial in Tel Aviv.JPG thumb 200px right Memorial in Tel Aviv to the 137 killed in the Italian Royal Air Force raid of the city on 9 September 1940. The Italian bombing of Palestine in World War II was part of an effort by the Regia Aeronautica Italian Royal Air Force .... See also Portal box World War II United Kingdom Regia Aeronautica Italian Royal Air Force Regia Aeronautica Bombing of Bahrain in World War II Israel casualties of war Footnotes Reflist WWII city bombing DEFAULTSORT Bombing Of Palestine In World War Ii Category British Mandate for Palestine Category Battles of World War II involving Italy Pal Category Battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom Pal Category Aerial operations and battles of World War II Category Tel Aviv Category World ... 1946 Kingdom of Italy declared war on the Third French Republic French Republic and the United Kingdom. The Italian invasion of France was short lived and the French signed an armistice with the Italians ... with in the Middle East. Bombing campaign Starting in July 1940, the Italian bombings in the Mandate ... title The Italian Bombing author date work publisher Tel Aviv Municipality language he icon accessdate 10 September 2011 ref ref cite web url http www.isracast.com article.aspx?ID 470&t Why Italian Planes Bombed Tel Aviv? title Why Italian Planes Bombed Tel Aviv? author Yehuda Lapidot date work publisher IsraCast accessdate 10 September 2011 ref In June 1941 there was the last Italian bombing, that hit ... aviv 7.jpg thumb left A casualty of the Italian bombing of Tel Aviv 10 September 1940 The 29 July 1940 ..., Ten big Italian bombers, flying at great altitude from the Dodecanese Islands , giving the British ... returning to their base in Italian Dodecanese ref cite news title Southern Theatre God s Time ... page x3d Italian bombs on Tel Aviv in Italian ref Historian Alberto Rosselli ref http www.albertorosselli.it ... 137 death was due to the fact that the Italian bombers were going to hit the strategic port ... more details
Infobox military conflict conflict Italian Front partof World War I image Image Italian troops at Isonzo river.jpg 300px caption Italian troops entrenched along the So a Isonzo river. place Eastern Alps , northern Dalmatia date 23 May 1915 &ndash 3 to 6 November 1918 result Italian victory, Collapse ... Campaignbox World War I Campaignbox Italian Front The Italian campaign lang it Fronte italiano in lang de Gebirgskrieg , Mountain war refers to a series of battles fought between the armies of Austria ... Slavs and Friulians became the main Italianwar goal, assuming a similar function as the issue of Alsace ... War I Allied diplomats courted Italy, attempting to secure Italian participation on the Allied side ... declared war on Austria Hungary. ref name Nicolle5 Campaigns of 1915 1916 Image Italian Front .... In blue, initial Italian conquests. First battles of Isonzo river Italy opened the war with an offensive ... War Life and Death on the Italian Front, 1915 1919 publisher Faber & Faber location London year 2008 ... casualties to this point in the war. Because of these losses, the Italian Government called to arms ... category Italian Front theatre of World War I Austria Hungary Bollettino della Vittoria History of Austria ... title The Italian Army of World War I year 2003 publisher Osprey Publishing isbn 1841763985 page ... Campaigns and theatres of World War I Italian Campaign Category Military history of Italy during World ... World War I sr fi Italian rintama ensimm inen maailmansota ... Littoral , and northern Dalmatia . Although Italy had hoped to begin the war with a surprise offensive intended to move quickly and capture several Austrian cities, the war soon bogged down into trench warfare similar to the Western Front World War I Western Front fought in France. Causes for the campaign ... empire Germany , Italy did not declare war in August 1914, arguing that the Alliance was defensive ... on the Italian peninsula to the Austrian Empire . ref name Nicolle3 More importantly, a radical ... more details
Infobox military conflict conflict Italian Campaign partof the Mediterranean Theatre of World War II Mediterranean Theatre of the Second World War image File Luccaitaly1944.png 300px caption US soldiers ... counterpart, the Bren light machine gun Bren gun . The Italian Campaign of World War II was the name ... Allied country in the Campaign. ref name Canada at War WWII Canada at War WWII The Italian Campaign ... history of Italy during World War II Italian Co Belligerent Army Italian Co Belligerent Navy Italian ... links Commons category Italian Campaign World War II http www.museohistoriale.org World War II ... sicilianitalian e.html Canadian Newspapers and the Second World War The Sicilian and Italian Campaigns ... part16.htm Royal Engineers Museum Royal Engineers and Second World WarItalian Campaign http archives.cbc.ca IDD 1 71 1471 conflict waritalian campaign CBC Digital Archives The Italian Campaign it http ... Italian Campaign World War Ii Category Italian Campaign Category Battles and operations of World ... Kingdom Category Contemporary Italian history Category World War II Mediterranean Theatre ar ... Axis and test Italian commitment territory result Allied victory collapse of Kingdom of Italy 1861 ... States 1912 br flagicon image Flag of Italian Committee of National Liberation.svg Italian resistance ... 1921 Military history of Canada during the Second World War Canada br flag Australia br flag New ... Free French br flagicon Greece royal Military history of Greece during World War II Greece combatant2 ... flag Italian Social Republic br small until 25 April 1945 small flag Vatican City small ... br flagicon Kingdom of Italy flagicon Italian Social Republic Benito Mussolini KIA br flagicon Italian ... 22,000 casualties ref Shaw, p. 120. ref br Italian mainland 305,000 tag ref Ellis provides the following ... limeydvr italycamp6.htm&date 2009 10 26 01 50 36 title The Italian Campaign publisher Webcitation.org ... casualties French 27,625 casualties Greeks 452 casualties Indian, 19,373 casualties Italian 4,729 ... more details
This page lists equipment used by the Royal Italian Army during World War II . Infantry weapons Bodeo Model 1889 10.35mm revolver Glisenti Model 1910 9mm Glisenti semi automatic pistol Beretta M1934 .380 ACP semi automatic pistol image Image Beretta Model 1934 Pistol.jpg 300px Beretta M 1935 .32 ACP semi automatic pistol image Image Beretta M1935.JPG 300px Beretta Model 1918 9mm Glisenti submachine gun Beretta Model 38 42 9mm Parabellum submachine gun image Image Beretta 38.jpg 300px OVP firearm 9mm Glisenti submachine gun FNAB 43 9mm Parabellum submachine gun TZ 45 9mm Parabellum submachine gun Carcano ordinance bolt action rifle in both 6.5mm and 7.35mm image File Carcano mod. 1891.jpg 350px Bomba a Mano Mod. 35 impact fuse hand grenade Fiat Revelli Modello 1914 6.5 mm machine gun Image MTRFiat mod 14 35.JPG thumb 300px right Fiat Revelli Modello 1914 Fiat Revelli Modello 1935 8 mm ... before World War I . The Obice da 105 14 Obice da 105 14 modello 18 was a howitzer. The Obice da 149 12 modello 14 was a howitzer produced by koda Works Skoda during World War I , many of which passed into the Italian army as reparations at the end of that war. The Obice da 149 13 modello 14 was a modified ... Total , and infantry regiments included a company of 6 medium mortars. Artillery Italian artillery ... da 65 17 modello 13 was a lightweight infantry and mountain gun, dating from before World War I ... in portee trucks in dual roles ground attack and AA . Combat vehicles The Italian designation system ... for service. Thus M11 39 means the 11 ton medium tank of 1939. The Italian definitions of light, medium and heavy tank differ from other nations at the time. For instance the Italian medium ... See also Military history of Italy during World War II External links http www.comandosupremo.com Comando Supremo website exhibits considerable detail on Italian military equipment during World War II. Category Military history of Italy during World War II Category World War II military equipment ... more details
At the start of World War II, Italian destroyers Italian caccia torpedinieri were a mix of warships dating from old, World War I designs up to some of the most modern of their type in the world. They also varied in size from enlarged torpedo boats to exploratori an Italian designation for large destroyers approaching light cruiser size . Although the reputation of Italian military prowess has suffered from its performance in Western Desert Campaign North Africa in World War II, blame cannot be placed ... w157 Whitley, p.157 ref Classes At the Italian declaration of war in June 1940, the Regia Marina s destroyer force was a mix of outdated ships of World War I design and larger numbers of modern designs ... with them as TA44 . One ship survived the war in Italian service. ref name w162 Freccia class destroyer ..., was involved in actions against the Germans and survived into long post warItalian service. ref name ... DEFAULTSORT Italian World War II Destroyers Category Destroyer classes Category World War ... given to a class of Italian warship that were between the then current destroyers and cruisers, in terms ... and anti shipping. Italian destroyers were usually organised into squadriglia of four ships of one class. Design evolution The operational areas for the Regia Marina Royal Italian Navy were expected to be enclosed ..., the appropriately named Scirocco foundered in a storm off Cape Spartivento. Italian destroyer ... designed in 1917 and 13.2 machine guns was clearly inadequate by the start of Italy s war. The chosen ... tubes. Caution is needed when considering the maximum speeds of Italian warships of this period, since Italian practice was to run the trials with ships as light as possible, often without armament ... the war, they were used to lay minefields off Taranto and to escort convoys to Albania and Greece ... the new standard for Italian destroyers were mounted in four twin turrets and torpedo tubes were now 21 inch. ref name w158 All three were part of the Italian Red Sea Flotilla at the start ... more details
The Italian submarine fleet of World War II was one of the largest in the world at that time, second only to that of the Soviet Union. It saw action during the Second World War , serving mainly in the Mediterranean ... ref Miller p12 ref this included 7 vessels of World War I vintage confined to training. Eight more were commissioned prior to joining hostilities, and a further 30 were commissioned during the war. The Italian ... CM class 3 ordered, none completed Ex World War I submarines Italian H class submarine H class 8 units ... Italian Submarines Of World War Ii Category World War II submarines of Italy .... Construction history After World War I Italy had a fleet 47 submarines in various classes these were mostly obsolescent and she was interested in replacing them. To this end the Italian Royal Navy Regia ... in 1930 s by the Archimede , Brin , and, just prior to war, Liuzzi classes from Cavallini ... and Argo classes from Ansaldo. Just prior to war, in 1939, the Italians also commissioned the Cagni ... Riuniti dell Adriatico CRDA Bernardis design. For coastal and medium range operations, the Italian ... submarine s resulted in the CA class, built in 1938, and followed during the war by CB, CC and CM classes. She also developed a manned torpedo , the SLC, an update of an Italian First World War design, for use by the Decima Flottiglia MAS Navy s special forces . During World war II Italy also had ... series design for medium range use, with mass production under war time conditions in mind. 48 vessels, in three series Types were ordered, but only 12 were completed. Also during the war Italy came ... 12 were ordered, only two were completed. Design features Italian submarines of this period were ... on the surface, and slowing the dive time. During the war many of these were reconstructed to remedy ... fell short. The Italian submariners lacked not only the skills and training, but also the aptitude ... 2 units, built 1936 Type 2 coastal sea going submarines Italian 600 Series submarines Series 600 ... more details
Italian occupation during the Second World War author Davide Rodogno publisher Cambridge University ... See also Italian invasion of France Alpine Wall Alpine Line Military history of Italy during World War ... long name Italian Military Administration in France common name Italian occupied France status ... anthem today year start 1940 year end 1943 event start Italian invasion of France Italian invasion date start 10 June 1940 event end Armistice with Italy Italian armistice date end 8 September 1943 life span 1940 1943 era World War II image flag Flag of Italy 1861 1946 .svg flag Flag of Italy ... occupation.svg image map caption Italian Military Administration in France. plainlist style ... flag s1 Flag of France.svg stat year1 stat area1 stat pop1 footnotes Italian occupied France was an area of south eastern French Third Republic France occupied by Italian Fascism Fascist Kingdom of Italy 1861 1946 Italy in two stages during World War II . The occupation lasted from June 1940 until the Armistice between Italy and Allied armed forces on September 8, 1943, when Italian troops on French soil retreated under pressure from the Germans. Description The Italian occupation of France occurred in two different periods during World War II the first in June 1940 and the second in November ... thumb 300px Italians in occupied France 1942 On 10 June 1940, the Italian army under Benito Mussolini Italian invasion of France invaded France . The Italian gains were minimal, in the few days of fighting ... 1940, after the Battle of France Fall of France , France and Italy signed an armistice and an Italian ... World War Volume 2 Germany s Initial Conquests in Europe , pg. 311 ref The largest town contained within the initial Italian zone of occupation was Menton , annexed officially to the Kingdom of Italy ... km from the former border with the Italian Alpine Wall ref http valloalpino.altervista.org index ... le front occidental f8 photos occupation italienne de nice t46.htm Photos of Italian occupation ... more details
Alce See also Royal Italian Army Regio Esercito List of Regia Aeronautica aircraft used in World War II Italian Army equipment in World War II External Links http www.militaryphotos.net forums showthread.php ... Type 61 breda type 61.html Category Lists of vehicles Italian military vehicles Category World War II military equipment of Italy Vehicles Category Military lists of World War II Category Italian military ...File Celere Sahariano.jpg thumb right 500px Fiat M16 43 Carro armato Celere Sahariano List of Italian military vehicles during the Second World War Armored Fighting Vehicles The Italian designation system for tanks consisted of a letter L, M or P designating light, medium and heavy tanks respectively followed by two numbers one giving the approximate weight in tons, the other giving the year it was accepted for service. Thus M11 39 means the 11 ton medium tank of 1939. The Italian definitions of light, medium and heavy tank differ from other nations at the time. For instance the Italian medium tanks are often described as light in other sources. Tankettes CV 33 L3 33 L3 35 Light Tanks Fiat L6 40 L6 40 Medium Tanks Fiat M11 39 M11 39 Fiat M13 40 M13 40 Fiat M14 41 M14 41 a M13 40 with a more powerful engine M15 42 tank M15 42 Fiat M16 43 Carro armato celere Sahariano Heavy Tanks P40 tank P40 Self Propelled Guns Semovente 47 32 Semovente 75 18 Semovente 75 34 Semovente 90 53 Semovente 105 25 Semovente 149 40 one prototype only Armored Cars Autoblinda 40 Autoblinda 41 Lancia IZM Lince scout car A copy of Daimler Dingo MK I Unarmored Fighting Vehicles Wheeled SPA Viberti AS.42 SPA AS.37 Unarmored Vehicles Half Tracks Breda 61 a licensed copy of the German SdKfz 7 FIAT SC727 Artillery Tractors Pavesi 4.31 L140 Automobiles Alfa Romeo 6 2500 Coloniale FIAT 508 Balilla 1100 Coloniale Lancia Aprilia Coloniale Trucks Light Trucks Utility Vehicles Breda 32 Breda 40 Breda 41 32 Autocarretta da Montagna 36DM SPA TL.37 SPA CL39 SPA 40 Medium Trucks Alfa Romeo 430RE Alfa Romeo 800 ... more details
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