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Prison camp for Italian military after the armistice of September 8, 1943, German propaganda photo "Italian Military Internees" (German: Italienische Militärinternierte, Italian: Internati Militari Italiani, abbreviated as IMI) was the official name given by Germany to the Italian soldiers captured, rounded up and deported in the territories of Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe in ...
After two prisoners escaped from captivity, the camp commander decided to punish the villagers. "He executed all the prisoners, some by shooting and others by hanging, about 67 people, including 33 Jews," a survivor recounted. Following the execution, Italian soldiers entered the village and burned it down along with everyone inside.
Italian prisoners of war held by the Austrians, Udine 1917. The main camps where Italian prisoners were held were at Mauthausen, Sigmundsherberg and Theresienstadt (Bohemia) in Austria-Hungary and Celle (Hanover) and Rastatt (Baden) in Germany. [4]: 126–7. Prisoners (except officers) were made to work, but while labour was compulsory ...
Operation Achse (German: Fall Achse, lit. 'Case Axis '), originally called Operation Alaric (Unternehmen Alarich), was the codename for the German operation to forcibly disarm the Italian armed forces after Italy 's armistice with the Allies on 3 September 1943. Several German divisions had entered Italy after the fall of Benito Mussolini in ...
James L. Dozier. James Lee Dozier (born April 10, 1931) is a retired United States Army officer. In December 1981, he was kidnapped by the Italian Red Brigades Marxist guerilla group. He was rescued by NOCS, an Italian special force, with assistance from the Intelligence Support Activity 's Operation Winter Harvest, after 42 days of captivity.
It is virtually impossible to find out the exact number of Ethiopian POWs who were imprisoned at different camps. [citation needed] The Asinara prison camp is an exception, due to its location in Europe and due to the personalities of the incarcerated individuals, the identities of many of the POWs and their approximate number became available through the years from people who kept records of ...
The military history of Italy chronicles a vast time period, lasting from the military conflicts fought by the ancient peoples of Italy, most notably the conquest of the Mediterranean world by the ancient Romans, through the expansion of the Italian city-states and maritime republics during the medieval period and the involvement of the historical Italian states in the Italian Wars and the ...
Salerno mutiny. The Salerno mutiny occurred during the Second World War and involved about 200 British soldiers who, on 16 September 1943, refused assignment to new units as replacements during the initial stages of the Allied invasion of Italy. About 1,500 men from the 50th (Northumbrian) and 51st (Highland) Infantry Divisions sailed from ...