Bombing of Livorno in World War II

Bombing of Livorno
Part of World War II

Destruction in Livorno's city centre
Date1940-1944
Location
Belligerents
 United Kingdom
 United States
 Kingdom of Italy (1940-1943)
 Italian Social Republic (1943-1944)

During World War II, Tuscany, the Italian port city of Livorno was repeatedly bombed by the Allied air forces, suffering about a hundred raids altogether, which resulted in it being among the most war-damaged cities in Italy.[1][2]

  1. ^ Gastone Razzaguta, Livorno Nostra, Nuova Fortezza, Livorno 1980, p. 95.
  2. ^ Marco Gioannini, Giulio Massobrio, Bombardate L'Italia, storia della guerra di distruzione aerea 1940-1945, Rizzoli Storica, Milano 2007, p. 294.

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