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Rome in World War II

  • Winter LineOrganisation Todt built the Winter Line during World War II. Field Marshal Albert Kesselring commanded these fortifications across Italy.
  • Battle of AnzioWinston Churchill lay recovering from pneumonia in Marrakesh when he conceived Operation Shingle in December 1943. The British Prime Minister wanted to land…
  • Ardeatine massacreOn the 24th of July 1943, the Fascist Grand Council met for the first time since 1939 and voted no confidence in Benito Mussolini.
  • Operation AchseOn the 9th of May 1943, two days after the fall of Tunis to Allied forces, the German High Command informed the Italian Supreme Command that three new units…
  • Fall of the Fascist regime in ItalyThe collapse of the African front on the 4th of November 1942 exposed Italy to invasion by Allied forces. The defeat of the Italian expeditionary force in…