Second Battle of the Alps | |||||||||
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Part of the Western Front of World War II | |||||||||
Stuart tank preserved as memorial to the Battle of Authion | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
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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 and other Allied forces.[4]