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  • Italy
    Wednesday Feb 7, 1945
    08:38:00 PM
    Benito Mussolini

    The Porzûs massacre

    Italy
    Wednesday Feb 7, 1945
    08:38:00 PM

    The Porzûs massacre was an intra-partisan massacre of the Italian resistance during late World War II, on 7 February 1945.




  • Northern Italy
    Mar, 1945
    World War II

    Gothic Line

    Northern Italy
    Mar, 1945

    In Italy, Allied advance also slowed due to the last major German defensive line. The Gothic Line was a German defensive line of the Italian Campaign of World War II. It formed Field Marshal Albert Kesselring's last major line of defense along the summits of the northern part of the Apennine Mountains during the fighting retreat of the German forces in Italy against the Allied Armies in Italy, commanded by General Sir Harold Alexander (25 August 1944 – Early March 1945).




  • Italy
    Wednesday Apr 25, 1945
    Martin Bormann

    Gerda Bormann and the Children fled Obersalzberg for Italy

    Italy
    Wednesday Apr 25, 1945

    Gerda Bormann and the children fled Obersalzberg for Italy on 25 April 1945 after an Allied air attack.




  • Italy
    Saturday Apr 28, 1945
    World War II

    Benito Mussolini was killed

    Italy
    Saturday Apr 28, 1945

    Benito Mussolini was killed by Italian partisans on 28 April.




  • Italy
    Saturday Apr 28, 1945
    Benito Mussolini

    Mussolini's death

    Italy
    Saturday Apr 28, 1945

    Mussolini was dead by execution by firing squad at Giulino di Mezzegra, Kingdom of Italy.




  • Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy and the Veneto regions, northern Italy
    Wednesday May 2, 1945
    World War II

    Spring 1945 offensive in Italy

    Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy and the Veneto regions, northern Italy
    Wednesday May 2, 1945

    Allies finally pushed forward in Italy and swept across western Germany. The offensive lasted from 6 April to 2 May 1945.




  • Italy
    Wednesday Feb 7, 1945
    08:38:00 PM
    Benito Mussolini

    The Porzûs massacre

    Italy
    Wednesday Feb 7, 1945
    08:38:00 PM

    The Porzûs massacre was an intra-partisan massacre of the Italian resistance during late World War II, on 7 February 1945.


  • Northern Italy
    Mar, 1945
    World War II

    Gothic Line

    Northern Italy
    Mar, 1945

    In Italy, Allied advance also slowed due to the last major German defensive line. The Gothic Line was a German defensive line of the Italian Campaign of World War II. It formed Field Marshal Albert Kesselring's last major line of defense along the summits of the northern part of the Apennine Mountains during the fighting retreat of the German forces in Italy against the Allied Armies in Italy, commanded by General Sir Harold Alexander (25 August 1944 – Early March 1945).


  • Italy
    Wednesday Apr 25, 1945
    Martin Bormann

    Gerda Bormann and the Children fled Obersalzberg for Italy

    Italy
    Wednesday Apr 25, 1945

    Gerda Bormann and the children fled Obersalzberg for Italy on 25 April 1945 after an Allied air attack.


  • Italy
    Saturday Apr 28, 1945
    World War II

    Benito Mussolini was killed

    Italy
    Saturday Apr 28, 1945

    Benito Mussolini was killed by Italian partisans on 28 April.


  • Italy
    Saturday Apr 28, 1945
    Benito Mussolini

    Mussolini's death

    Italy
    Saturday Apr 28, 1945

    Mussolini was dead by execution by firing squad at Giulino di Mezzegra, Kingdom of Italy.


  • Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy and the Veneto regions, northern Italy
    Wednesday May 2, 1945
    World War II

    Spring 1945 offensive in Italy

    Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy and the Veneto regions, northern Italy
    Wednesday May 2, 1945

    Allies finally pushed forward in Italy and swept across western Germany. The offensive lasted from 6 April to 2 May 1945.


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