As one of the major Axis powers, Italy entered World War II on 10 June 1940, joining the Battle of France in its later stages. Italian dictator Benito Mussolini did so opportunistically as the Allied
Italian troop convoy on its way to relieve the Siege of Giarabub
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Bundesarchiv Bild 101I 201 1561 20, Balkan, italienische Panzer, Krad mit Beiwagen
Bersaglieri gunners at El Alamein
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Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe. It consists of a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land border, as w
Military history of Italy during World War II
…1942 Mussolini inspects Italian Social Republic soldiers, 1944 Partisans in Ossola, 1944 Date 10 June 1940 – 2 May 1945 Location Balkans, East Africa, Italy, Mediterranean, North Africa, Soviet Union As one of the major Axis powers, Italy entered World War II on 10 June 1940, joining the Battle of France…
Etruscan fresco in the Monterozzi necropolis, 5th century BC
The Colosseum, widely considered one of the greatest works of architecture and engineering of ancient history
Marco Polo, 13th-century explorer
Leonardo da Vinci, quintessential Renaissance man, in a self-portrait (c. 1512)