Italian spring offensive
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Not to be confused with Spring 1945 offensive in Italy.
The Italian spring offensive, also known as Operazione Primavera (Operation Spring), was an offensive of the Greco-Italian War that lasted from 9 to 16 March 1941. The offensive was the last Italian attempt of the war to defeat the Greek forces, which had already advanced deep into Italian-controlled Albania.[3] The opening of the offensive was supervised by the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini but ended a week later in complete failure.[4][5][6]
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Part of the Greco-Italian War | |||||||
The Italian spring offensive (red arrows) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Kingdom of Italy | Kingdom of Greece | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Carlo Geloso | Alexander Papagos | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
9 divisions | 6 divisions | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
24,000+[1] |
1,243 killed 42 missing 4,016 wounded [2] |
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