On September 12, 1919, Gabriele D'Annunzio (the man in the center with a stick) led around
On September 12, 1919, Gabriele D'Annunzio (the man in the center with a stick) led around 2,600 troops from the Royal Italian Army (the Granatieri di Sardegna), Italian nationalists and irredentists, into a seizure of the city of Fiume (now Rijeka, Croatia, that was claimed by both the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and Italy) forcing the withdrawal of the inter-Allied (American, British and French) occupying forces. Their march from Ronchi dei Legionari to Fiume became known as the Impresa di Fiume (literally Fiume Exploit). -- source link
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