Italian invasion of France

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World War II battle invasion military offensive

The Italian invasion of France was a brief 1940 military offensive by Fascist Italy against southeastern France, launched in coordination with Nazi Germany during the final phase of the Battle of France in World War II.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Italian invasion of France canonical	3
Italian invasion of France (June 1940)	2
Italian invasion of France (1940)	1
Italian occupation of parts of France	1
Italian occupation of southeastern France	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle ⓘ invasion ⓘ military offensive ⓘ
belligerent	France ⓘ Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
commander	Benito Mussolini ⓘ General Alfredo Guzzoni ⓘ General René Olry ⓘ Umberto II of Italy ⓘ surface form: Prince Umberto of Savoy
conflictIn	World War II ⓘ
coordinatedWith	Nazi Germany ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
dateOfMilitaryAction	1940-06-21 ⓘ 1940-06-24 ⓘ
describedBySource	Battle of France studies ⓘ Italian campaign in World War II histories ⓘ
endTime	1940-06-25 ⓘ
followedBy	Italian invasion of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Italian occupation of southeastern France
hasCasualties	French casualties ⓘ Italian casualties ⓘ civilian casualties ⓘ
hasCause	Italy’s entry into World War II ⓘ Mussolini’s desire to gain territory at the expense of France ⓘ
hasLanguageOfName	French ⓘ Italian ⓘ
location	Maritime Alps ⓘ surface form: Alpine front Alps ⓘ French Riviera ⓘ southeastern France ⓘ
objective	annexation of Corsica ⓘ annexation of Nice ⓘ annexation of Savoy ⓘ
opponent	French Third Republic ⓘ
opposedBy	French Republican Army of the Alps ⓘ surface form: French Army of the Alps French Navy ⓘ
partOf	Battle of France ⓘ Italian campaign ⓘ surface form: Italian campaign in World War II Western Front ⓘ surface form: Western Front of World War II
pointInTime	June 1940 ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of France ⓘ surface form: German invasion of France
result	Armistice of 22 June 1940 ⓘ surface form: Franco-Italian Armistice Italian tactical failure ⓘ
startTime	1940-06-10 ⓘ
temporalRelation	final phase of the Battle of France ⓘ
usedMilitaryForce	Regia Aeronautica ⓘ Italian Navy ⓘ surface form: Regia Marina Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ surface form: Regio Esercito

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of France → keyEvent → Italian invasion of France ⓘ

French–Italian border → relatedEvent → Italian invasion of France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian invasion of France (1940)

Italian invasion of Albania → followedBy → Italian invasion of France ⓘ

Italian invasion of France → followedBy → Italian invasion of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian occupation of southeastern France

Italy’s entry into World War II → followedBy → Italian invasion of France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian invasion of France (June 1940)

General René Olry → event → Italian invasion of France ⓘ

subject surface form: René Olry

this entity surface form: Italian invasion of France (June 1940)

Alpine fortified sectors → conflict → Italian invasion of France ⓘ

Territorial changes of World War II → includesEvent → Italian invasion of France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian occupation of parts of France