28 Oct 1940
Italy
Italy
- Adolf Hitler traveled to Florence, Italy for a meeting with Benito Mussolini in an attempt to stop the Italians from attacking Greece, but it was too late. ww2dbase [Adolf Hitler | Florence, Toscana | TH]
- At the Axis leaders' meeting in Florence, Italy, Adolf Hitler told Benito Mussolini that "Germany could make available a division of airborne troops and a division of parachute troops" should he wish to invade Crete, Greece. ww2dbase [Balkans Campaign | Adolf Hitler | Florence, Toscana | AC]
4 Aug 1944
Italy
Italy
- Germans evacuated Florence, Italy. ww2dbase [Advance to the Gothic Line | Florence, Toscana | TH]
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