What the records say
- When
- 8 Sep 1943 – 10 Sep 1943
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 41.87° N, 12.48° E
- Description
- German attack on Rome during World War II (1943)
German occupation of Rome
German attack on Rome during World War II (1943)
The failed defense of Rome refers to the events that took place in the Italian capital and the surrounding area, beginning on 8 September 1943, and in the days immediately following the Armistice of Cassibile and the immediate military reaction of the German Wehrmacht forces deployed to the south and north of the city, in accordance with the operational directives established by Adolf Hitler in the event of Italian d…
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “proclamation de Badoglio”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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