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Victor Emmanuel III
- 1946 Italian institutional referendumGiuseppe Mazzini founded the Young Italy movement in July 1831 while living in exile in Marseille. This organization aimed to transform Italy into a unitary…
- Washington Naval TreatyIn November 1918, the British Royal Navy interned the defeated German High Seas Fleet. The Allied powers held sharply differing views on what to do with…
- Armistice of CassibileOn the 25th of July 1943, the Grand Council of Fascism met in Rome to vote on a motion that would topple Benito Mussolini.
- Italian East AfricaBenito Mussolini stood before the Blackshirts in Rome on the 24th of October 1922. The March on Rome marked the beginning of his fascist regime and a new era…
- Italian Civil WarOn the night between 24 and the 25th of July 1943, the Grand Council of Fascism approved a motion of no confidence against Benito Mussolini.
- Italian invasion of AlbaniaItalian naval strategists coveted the port of Vlorë and the island of Sazan because of their location at the entrance to the Bay of Vlorë.
- Greco-Italian WarOn the 4th of February 1939, Benito Mussolini addressed the Fascist Grand Council and declared Greece to be a vital enemy of Italy.
- 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…