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Italy

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Name:

Italy

Continent:

Europe

Capital:

Rome

Government:

Single-party Fascist dictatorship

Population (1939):

43,800,000

Casualties:

Military	Civilian	Total
380,000	152,900	532,900

Area:

Land	Water	Total
294,020	7,210	301,230

Aircraft

Name		Type
	Fiat C.R. 42	Unknown
	CANT Z.1007 bis	Unknown
	SIAI Marchetti SM.81	Unknown
	SIAI Marchetti SM.79	Unknown
	SIAI Marchetti SM.84	Unknown

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Campaigns and Battles

Name	Theater	Date Begin	Date End
Battle of Britain	European Theater	10 June 1940	31 October 1940
Battle of Crete	Mediterranean	20 May 1941	1 June 1941
Battle of France (Fall Gelb / Case Yellow)	European Theater	10 May 1940	22 June 1940
Battle of Stalingrad	European Theater	21 August 1942	2 February 1943
Battle of Taranto	Mediterranean	11 November 1940	12 November 1940

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People

Name		Title	Branch of Service
	Badoglio, Pietro	Marshal
	Balbo, Italo	Marshal
	Ciano, Galeazzo	Count
	Graziani, Rodolfo	Marshal
	Mussolini, Benito	Il Duce

Photographs

	111-SC-189943 American tank with track knocked off and parts of machine gun in foreground. Fifth Army, Castelforte area, Italy. 18 May 1944.
	111-SC-190007 American troops, coming into this Italian town, find it in complete ruins. Fifth Army. Santa Maria area, Italy. 15 May 1944.
	111-SC-189837-3 The one-man submarine which landed on Peter Beach, Anzio Beachhead area, Italy, is examined by U.S. soldiers. The tube on the left is the torpedo, the other is the driving compartment, housing one man. The torpedo tube is shackled to the driving tube and can be release, allowing the pilot to return safely. Ordinarily the torpedo is underneath the drive tube. The submarine pilot was a 17 year old Nazi who was captured. April 21, 1944.
	111-SC-189881 Group of prisoner of wars found hiding in cellar after Germans evacuated Cosma E'Damiano. Fifth Army, Castleforte area, Italy. 13 May 1944.
	111-SC-189889 2nd D.I.M., C.E.F. This 28 year old Grenadier of the German 44th Division, 131st Infantry came down the mountain as a prisoner with 3 bullet wounds in his arm. Fifth Army, Mt. Maio area, Italy. 13 May 1944.

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Ships

Name		Name	Type	Date Launched
	Romolo (Romolo)	R Class	Submarine
	Remo (Remo)	R Class	Submarine
	Acciacio (Acciacio)	Acciaio	Submarine
	Cobalto (Cobalto)	Acciaio	Submarine
	Nichelio (Nichelio)	Acciaio	Submarine

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