The Italian occupation of Corsica refers to the military occupation by the Kingdom of Italy of the French island of Corsica during the Second World War, from November 1942 to September 1943. After an
Corsican irredentist propaganda, c. 1941
Italian torpedo boat Aliseo
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Corsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of the French mainland, west of the Italian P
Italian occupation of Corsica
…The Italian occupation of Corsica refers to the military (and administrative) occupation by the Kingdom of Italy of the French island of Corsica during the Second World War, from November 1942 to September 1943. After an initial period of increased control over the island, by early spring 1943…
The Romanesque-Pisan style of the Church of Aregno
The Tour de Capu di Muru, a Genoese tower in the commune of Coti-Chiavari. Towers were built as Barbary pirates frequently attacked Corsica
Pasquale Paoli, leader of the Corsican resistance, and the first and only General of the Corsican Republic
A view of Corsica and Martello tower, 1788 painting "A cutter and a man of war off Corsica" by Nicholas Pocock