Italian occupation of France
Italian-occupied France (Italian: Occupazione italiana della Francia meridionale; French: Zone d'occupation italienne en France) was an area of south-eastern France and Monaco occupied by Fascist Italy between 1940 and 1943 in parallel to the German occupation of France. The occupation had two phases, divided by Case Anton in November 1942 in which the Italian zone expanded significantly. Italian forces retreated from France in September 1943 in the aftermath of the fall of the Fascist regime in Italy, and German Wehrmacht forces occupied the abandoned areas until the Liberation (Operation Dragoon, 1944).
| Italian Military Administration in France | |||||||||||
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| Italian military occupation | |||||||||||
| 1940–1943 | |||||||||||
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| Capital | Menton | ||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||
| • Type | Military administration | ||||||||||
| Commander | |||||||||||
• 1940 | Alfredo Guzzoni | ||||||||||
• 1940–1941 | Mario Caracciolo di Feroleto | ||||||||||
• 1941–1943 | Mario Vercellino | ||||||||||
| Historical era | World War II | ||||||||||
| 10 June 1940 | |||||||||||
| 24 June 1940 | |||||||||||
| 11 November 1942 | |||||||||||
| 8 September 1943 | |||||||||||
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