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1940 in Italy
- Operation CompassOn the 10th of June 1940, Italy declared war on Britain and France. This declaration triggered months of border skirmishes between Italian forces in Libya…
- Tripartite PactOn the 27th of September 1940, three men stood in a Berlin room to sign a document that would reshape global alliances. Joachim von Ribbentrop signed for…
- Italian invasion of FranceBenito Mussolini stood before the Fascist Grand Council on the 30th of November 1938 and declared that Italy needed to reclaim territories like Corsica…
- Battle of TarantoThe Mediterranean Sea became a deadly choke point in 1940. British convoys traveling from Gibraltar to Egypt faced constant threats from Italian naval forces.