History of San Marino
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As the only surviving medieval commune in the Italian Peninsula, the history of San Marino is intertwined with the medieval, Renaissance and modern-day history of the Italian peninsula, according to t
Cesare Borgia (here painted by Altobello Melone) briefly took control of San Marino in 1503.
Guards of the Council speaking to British Army troops in October 1944
Battle of San Marino
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The Battle of San Marino was an engagement on 17–20 September 1944 during the Italian Campaign of the Second World War, in which German Army forces occupied the neutral Republic of San Marino and were
History of San Marino
…German forces invaded San Marino on 13 September 1944. The Germans and Allies clashed on San Marino's soil from 17 September to 20 September at the Battle of San Marino; Allied troops occupied San Marino after that, but stayed only for two months before leaving. After the war, a social-communist government was installed…
Neutrality placards at the borders of San Marino
British soldier observing German positions near San Marino
Allied troops passing through San Marino, September 1944