Bombing of the Vatican

Quand

1 mars 1944

Type

Opération militaire

Morts

1

Coordonnées

41.90° N, 12.45° E

Description

1943 two aerial bombings during the later stages of World War II

Rome, along with Vatican City, was bombed several times during 1943 and 1944, primarily by Allied and to a smaller degree by Axis aircraft, before the city was liberated by the Allies on June 4, 1944. Pope Pius XII was initially unsuccessful in attempting to have Rome declared an open city, through negotiations with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt via Archbishop Francis Spellman.

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