Liberation Of Corsica
Italian-occupied Corsica refers to the military (and administrative) occupation by the Fascist Italy (1922–1943), Kingdom of Italy of the 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 had begun to occupy the hinterland. In the aftermath of the Armistice of Cassibile, the Italian capitulation to the Allies, some Italian units sided with German troops sent to replace the Italian garrison and some defected to the and Free French Forces. Background Operation Torch On 8 November 1942, the Allies of World War II, western Allies landed in North Africa in Operation Torch. The Nazi Germany, Germans implemented a contingency plan, Case Anton to occupy the the part of France not occupied in 1940. The plan included (11 November) an Italian occupation of the French island of Corsica and mainland France up to the Rhone. The Italian occupation of Corsica had been s ...
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Ligurian Sea Map
Ligurian may refer to: * Ligurian, pertaining to modern Liguria in Italy * Ligurian, pertaining to the ancient Ligures * Ligurian language, a modern Romance language spoken in parts of Italy, France, Monaco and Argentina * Ligurian (ancient language), an extinct language spoken by the ancient Ligures * Ligurian Sea The Ligurian Sea ( it, Mar Ligure; french: Mer Ligurienne; lij, Mâ Ligure) is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea. It lies between the Italian Riviera (Liguria) and the island of Corsica. The sea is thought to have been named after the ancient ..., an arm of the Mediterranean Sea * Ligurian bee, a type of Italian bee (''Apis mellifera ligustica'') {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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