Military history of Italy during World War II

Military history of Italy during World War IIFrom top left to bottom right: Army convoy in Libya, 1940 The Conte di Cavour opens fire during the Battle of Calabria, 1940 Italian tankette in Yugoslavia, 1941 AA gun manned by Bersaglieri at El Alamein, 1942 Mussolini inspects Italian Social Republic soldiers, 1944 Partisans in Ossola, 1944 Date10 June 1940 – 2 May 1945LocationBalkans, East Africa, Italy, Mediterranean, North Africa, Soviet Union Part of a series on the History of Italy Early Prehistoric Italy Nuragic civilization (18th–3rd c. BC) Etruscan civilization (12th–6th c. BC) Magna Graecia (8th–3rd c. BC) Ancient Rome Kingdom (753 BC–509 BC) Republic (509 BC–27 BC) Roman expansion in Italy Roman Italy Populares and Optimates Empire (27 BC–286 AD) Western Empire (286 AD–476 AD) Praetorian prefecture of Italy Romano-Barbarian Kingdoms Odoacer's 476–493 Ostrogothic 493–553 Vandal 435–534 Lombard 568–774 Frankish (Carolingian Empire) 774–962 Germanic (Holy Roman Empire) 962–1801 Medieval Italy in the Middle Ages Byzantine reconquest of Italy (6th–8th c.) Islam and Normans in southern Italy Maritime republics and Italian city-states Guelphs and Ghibe