The Four Days of Naples (Italian: Quattro giornate di Napoli) was an uprising in Naples, Italy, against Nazi German occupation forces from 27 September to 30 September 1943, …

During World War II the Italian city of Naples suffered approximately 200 air raids by the Allies from 1940 to 1944; Milan was the only Italian city attacked more frequently.

Sep 28, 2024 · Naples had been comprehensively destroyed in 1943 – first by the Allied bombs, and then by the scorched earth policy of the retreating German Army. “At the time of our …

Naples, Italy. Following the landing at Salerno, Italy, Allied troops captured Naples, Italy on October 1, 1943, which was left in very poor conditions by retreating Germans. From the...

Oct 4, 2012 · Bill said the 82nd Airborne fought with the 45th Division and the British to break through the German lines and capture Naples. Map 1, below shows the progress made and …

Jan 4, 2020 · On the basis of Allied successes and reports of the Italian Army's disintegration, General Marshall on 16 July proposed a bold initiative to seize the port of Naples and the …

Naples was the first significant European city liberated by the Allies during World War II, and as Keith Lowe lays out in his new history of the city’s occupation and liberation, the Allied ...

Naples was heavily bombed in WW2. (see this note*) The city was struck for the first time on November 1, 1940, by RAF and Fleet Air Arm Bristol-Blenheim twin-engine light bombers …

Oct 1, 2023 · The King’s Dragoon Guards entered the city of Naples on the morning of the 1st October, closely followed by substantial Allied forces, including General Mark Clark later in the …

Allied bombers attacked Naples, Italy, killing many civilians. Students gathered to protest at Piazza del Plebiscito, Naples, Italy. Small scale clashes took place between Italian civilians …