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Vatican City pursued a policy of neutrality during World War II under the leadership of Pope Pius XII. Although the city of Rome was occupied by Germany from September 1943 and the Allies from June 1944, Vatican City itself was not occupied. The Vatican organised extensive humanitarian aid throughout the duration of the conflict.
Decisive Battles of World War II: Battles in Normandy (2004) Decisive Battles of World War II: Battles in Italy (2005) Battlefront (2007 video game) (2007) (Namesake of 1986 version) Kharkov: Disaster on the Donets (2008) Across the Dnepr: Second Edition (2010) (Expansion. Remake of 2003 namesake title.)
Rome: Total War is a strategy video game developed by The Creative Assembly and originally published by Activision; its publishing rights have since passed to Sega. The game was released for Microsoft Windows in 2004. [ 2 ]
Vatican City in World War II (1 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Rome in World War II" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
Total War: Rome II is a strategy video game developed by Creative Assembly and published by Sega.It was released on 3 September 2013, for Microsoft Windows [4] as the eighth standalone game in the Total War series of video games and the successor to the 2004 game Rome: Total War.
During World War II, due to the art treasuries and the presence of the Vatican, Rome largely escaped the tragic destiny of other European cities. However, on 19 July 1943, the San Lorenzo district was subject to Allied bombing raids , resulting in about 3,000 fatalities and 11,000 injuries, of whom another 1,500 died. [ 73 ]
The official Italian government accounting of World War II 1940–45 losses listed the following data: Total military dead and missing from 1940 to 1945: 291,376 Losses prior to the Armistice of Cassibile in September 1943: 204,346 (66,686 killed, 111,579 missing, 26,081 died of disease)
Rome reached its greatest territorial extent under Trajan (r. 98–117 AD), but a period of increasing trouble and decline began under Commodus (r. 180–192). In the 3rd century, the Empire underwent a 49-year crisis that threatened its existence due to civil war, plagues and barbarian invasions.