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Second Battle of the Alps
Part of the Western Front of World War II

Stuart tank preserved as memorial to the Battle of Authion
Date21 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
Second Battle of the Alps France
Second Battle of the Alps United States
  • Second Battle of the Alps Italian Social Republic
  • Nazi Germany Germany
Commanders and leaders
United States Jacob L. Devers
Provisional Government of the French Republic Paul-André Doyen
Italian Social Republic Rodolfo Graziani
Nazi Germany 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]

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]

  1. ^ Direct Democracy (12 October 1947). "Tenda und Briga (Tende et la Brigue, Frankreich), 12. Oktober 1947 : Anschluss an Frankreich" (in German).
  2. ^ a b Klingbeil 2005, p. 383.
  3. ^ Klingbeil 2005, p. 380.
  4. ^ a b Riccioli 1996.

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