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The Italian invasion of Egypt (Operazione E) was an offensive in the Second World War from Italian Libya, against British, Commonwealth and Free French in the neutral Kingdom of Egypt. The invasion by the Italian 10th Army (10ª Armata) ended border skirmishing on the frontier and began the Western Desert Campaign (1940–1943) proper.
- 9-16 September 1940(1 week)
- Italian victory
- Egypt26°N 30°E / 26°N 30°E / 26; 30
The battle for Italy. For almost two years during the Second World War (1939-45), the Allies fought an attritional campaign in Italy against a resolute and skilful enemy. Far from being the ‘soft underbelly of Europe’, Italy became one of the war’s most exhausting campaigns.
The Italian campaign of World War II, also called the Liberation of Italy following the German occupation in September 1943, consisted of Allied and Axis operations in and around Italy, from 1943 to 1945.
- Italy, San Marino, Vatican City
Italian Campaign, World War II Monks searching the rubble of the Benedictine abbey at Monte Cassino in Cassino, Italy, 1944. (more) Farther south the Fifth Army offensive had been halted before the strong defenses of Cassino, where raged some of the bitterest fighting of the war.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The participation of Italy in the Second World War was characterized by a complex framework of ideology, politics, and diplomacy, while its military actions were often heavily influenced by external factors. Italy joined the war as one of the Axis Powers in 1940 (as the French Third Republic surrendered) with a plan to concentrate Italian ...
Overview and Higher Formations. The campaign in Italy commenced with the invasion across the Straits of Messina on 3 September 1943, and ended with the cessation of hostilities on 2 May 1945, a total of twenty months. This compared with the campaign in North West Europe which lasted eleven months.
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Contrary to Winston Churchill's belief that Italy was the "soft underbelly" of Axis-dominated Europe, the Allied campaign in Italy was a long and bloody undertaking. Top image: Five Italian partisans examine a map, location in Italy unknown, probably late 1944 or early 1945.
