Stuart tank preserved as memorial to the Battle of Authion
Date
21 December 1944 – 2 May, 1945 (4 months, 1 week and 4 days)
Location
Franco-Italian border
Result
See Aftermath
Territorial changes
Tende and La Brigue annexed by France[1]
Belligerents
France United States
Italian Social Republic
Germany
Commanders and leaders
Jacob L. Devers Paul-André Doyen
Rodolfo Graziani Hans Schlemmer
Strength
40,000 men[2]
4 divisions (2 Italian, 2 German)[3]
Casualties and losses
2,287 casualties: 393 killed 1,730 wounded 164 missing or captured[2]
1,453 casualties: 800 killed or wounded 653 captured[4]
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The Second Battle of the Alps (French: deuxième bataille des Alpes; Italian: seconda battaglia delle Alpi) was a military campaign fought between combined German and Italian Social Republic forces, and the re-established French Republic led by Charles de Gaulle.[4]
^Direct Democracy (12 October 1947). "Tenda und Briga (Tende et la Brigue, Frankreich), 12. Oktober 1947 : Anschluss an Frankreich" (in German).
^ abKlingbeil 2005, p. 383.
^Klingbeil 2005, p. 380.
^ abRiccioli 1996.
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