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    Operation Achse (German: Fall Achse, lit. 'Case Axis'), originally called Operation Alaric (Unternehmen Alarich), was the codename for the German operation...
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    prompted German military commanders to develop Operation Achse (the plans, originally codenamed Operation Alarich, were changed several times from 28 July...
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    and Allied air bases had been established around Rome. Unternehmen Achse (Operation Axis), a German plan to forestall an Italian surrender and defection...
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    began occupying Italy immediately prior to the armistice, through Operation Achse, and then invaded and occupied Italy on a larger scale after the armistice...
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    The 58th Infantry Division "Legnano" (Italian: 58ª Divisione di fanteria "Legnano") was an infantry division of the Royal Italian Army during World War...
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    was the Battle of Piombino in Tuscany. On 10 September 1943, during Operation Achse, a small German flotilla, commanded by Kapitänleutnant Karl-Wolf Albrand...
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    Allies in 1943, the German Army tried to disarm the Italians during Operation Achse. On 13 September the Italians of the Acqui resisted, and fought the...
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    Axis. The Germans were suspicious of Italian intentions and devised Operation Achse, a coup against the Italian government and the disarming of the Italian...
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    Allied Powers. Consequently, Nazi Germany responded on 8 September with Operation Achse, wherein Wehrmacht forces, including the LSSAH, invaded and occupied...
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    reassurances, and the Wehrmacht started to devise an effective plan, Operation Achse, to take control of Italy as soon as the Italian government had switched...
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    directives established by Adolf Hitler in the event of Italian defection (Operation Achse). Due to the absence of an organic plan for the defense of the city...
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    Veneto World War II North African campaign Yugoslav Front Case Black Operation Achse Awards Bronze Medal of Military Valor War Cross for Military Valor...
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  • series Pandemic (board game) Search for "fall of rome" on Wikipedia. Operation Achse, and the Nazi takeover of the Italian government after the collapse...
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    group took part in Operation Achse, disarming the Italian forces. Hitler met with Rommel and Kesselring to discuss future operations in Italy on 30 September...
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    Allies in September 1943. In the face of the coming German reprisal (Operation Achse), he and the government fled to Brindisi while the Germans established...
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    Command. After the armistice of Cassibile, when German troops enacting Operation Achse approached Livorno, he gave orders for resistance against any German...
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    plans for Italy, and in response to the Italian armistice ordered Operation Achse on 8 September 1943, as the Germans turned against their Italian allies...
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    8 September, and the Germans executed Operation Achse, in which they disarmed Italian units. How Operation Achse played out depended on the location and...
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    Cassibile was announced on 8 September 1943, German forces launched Operation Achse for the occupation of Italy and the disarmament of all Italian units...
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    16,000 troops in 16 battalions (1943) Part of German Army Engagements World War II Italian campaign Operation Achse Operation Overlord Insignia Flag...
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  • at least cut the Persian Corridor). Operation Pelikan (German plan for crippling the Panama Canal) Operation Achse (German invasion of Italy after its...
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    Cassibile was announced, on 8 September 1943, and German forces initiated Operation Achse; the Fourth Army, dispersed between France, Piedmont and Liguria, was...
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    division took part in the disarmament of the 8th Italian Army as part of Operation Achse. At the end of October 1943, the division moved to northern France...
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    and for the armistice to take effect on 8 September. Germany began Operation Achse, a campaign to disarm Italian forces and occupy Italy. On 23 September...
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  • and online play. Akatsuki Blitzkampf Ausf. Achse (アカツキ電光戦記 Ausf. Achse, Akatsuki Denkō Senki Ausf. Achse, Akatsuki Flash Fight Axis Edition) is the final...
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    September 1943, the town was briefly occupied by German troops in Operation Achse. There was some fighting there during the Allied invasion of Italy...
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    campaign Participated in the Invasion of Yugoslavia. Participated in Operation Achse. Germany unconditionally surrendered on 8 May 1945 but Croatia still...
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    was the battle of Piombino, Tuscany. On 10 September 1943, during Operation Achse, a small German flotilla, commanded by Kapitänleutnant Karl-Wolf Albrand...
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    German Operation Achse. Heydte was given command of a regiment of the 2nd Fallschirmjäger Division in January 1944. By the time of Operation Overlord...
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    Lieutenant General Battles/wars World War I Battle of Caporetto World War II Operation Achse Gran Sasso raid Awards Silver Medal of Military Valor (twice)...
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