The Battle of Calabria, fought on July 9, 1940, was a key naval engagement between the British Mediterranean Fleet and the ...
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Downfall of Italy: 1944–1945

This video continues the story of Italy’s collapse in the final years of World War II. It examines the Allied advance up the ...
A 1983 six-episodes series, made by Massimo Sani, which recounts the WW2 battles involving Italy between 1940 and 1942: from the attacks to France and Greece to the clashes in Africa and the ...
Even though Pisa and Florence were monuments of European culture they were astride a military line, and that line the Germans were bent on holding if they could. Through both cities the Arno flowed ...
ROME — Italy’s far-right government has sparked wide criticism after celebrating a major World War II battle, praising the defeated fascist soldiers who lost their lives. In a social media post on ...
Billy Earl Kirby, 101, was injured in one of World War II's worst battles, the Rapido River crossing at Cassina, Italy. The former Zebulon, N.C., resident now lives at The Landing, an independent ...
PONTI SUL MINCIO, Italy (May 1, 2024) - To honor history and heroes, the 173rd Airborne Brigade stood on sacred ground at Ponti sul Mincio to commemorate the 79th anniversary of the Battle of Monte ...
The World War II journey of Senator Bob Dole began and ended in the mountains of Italy. The fighting in the mountains of Italy in WWII was so horrendous that the famed American 10th Mountain Division, ...