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attacked the fort on the nights of 27/8 and 28/9 April and there was serious fighting. On the morning of the 29 April, De Felice ordered all his positions on French soil, include the
Redoute Ruinée, be abandoned. That day the French occupied the fort. It was, along with the Roc de Belleface, also
658:) and railway unusable, the commander of the 4th Regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel Armando De Felice, threatened the German troops with retaliation to prevent demolitions. On 27 April, De Felice contacted Augusto Adam, the local leader of the partisans affiliated with the
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advanced on the fort. A heavy fog prevented accurate artillery spotting and the attack was called off. A second assault on 31 March resulted in the capture of Le Roc Noir, but the
Redoute Ruinée held out. The offensive of 23–31 March "failed miserably".
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The French first attacked the
Redoute Ruinée on 21 December 1944. On 23 March a second attack towards the Little Saint Bernard began. On 27 March, French artillery began pounding the Redoute Ruinée while the
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The retreat of the
Italians to their own territory was deliberately slow, at the suggestion of Adam, so as to deter the French. It was complete by the time the
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Between 23 and 25 April, the
Germans abandoned their positions on the Aosta front, including the Redoute Ruinée. They were ordered to concentrate south of
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and
Traversette. On 10 April, the French captured the Roc de Belleface, but it was reoccupied by the
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in June 1940, the fort had been captured by Italy. In April 1945, it was held by the forces of the
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to secure his cooperation against any French invasion of
Italian territory, which was given.
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Repubblica Sociale Italiana – La guerra in Italia, 1945
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occupied that day, the last pieces of French soil under
Italian occupation.
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Redoute Ruinée was garrisoned by a platoon of forty-six
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that had been re-built in the 19th century by France as a part of the
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Regiment surrendered to American forces in Aosta on 4 May.
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Battles and operations of World War II involving France
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Battles and operations of World War II involving Italy
809:"La deuxième bataille des Alpes : printemps 1945"
795:(Commissione italiana di storia militare, 1995), p. .
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In nome della resa: l'Italia nella guerra, 1940–1945
551:(Ruined Redoubt) was an old Piedmontese fort on the
691:of the 4th Regiment under Antonio Rossitto. The
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791:Romain Rainero and Antonello Biagini (eds.),
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573:and came under attack by the French.
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793:L'Italia in guerra: il 5 anno, 1944
643:) across the Little Saint Bernard.
772:Italia 1939–1945: storia e memoria
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703:took effect on 2 May. The 4th
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543:in 1945 was an episode of the
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660:National Liberation Committee
626:27th Alpine Infantry Division
541:defense of the Redoute Ruinée
54:(1 week and 1 day)
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813:Cahiers de la Méditerranée
769:Anna Lisa Carlotti (ed.),
567:Italian invasion of France
751:(Musumeci, 1995), p. 309.
563:Little Saint Bernard Pass
549:Fort de la Redoute Ruinée
545:Second Battle of the Alps
516:Saint Pierre and Miquelon
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68:Fort de la Redoute Ruinée
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19:Defense of Redoute Ruinée
581:In early April 1945 the
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818:(1996), pp. 98 and 107.
738:(Mursia, 1990), p. 543.
571:Italian Social Republic
102:Italian Social Republic
304:Africa and Middle East
138:Commanders and leaders
807:Jean-Louis Riccioli,
734:Marco Picone Chiodo,
553:Col de la Traversette
486:Indian Ocean and Asia
701:Surrender of Caserta
688:esploratori-arditi
561:. It defended the
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633: [
292:Free French
151:Tito Agosti
842:Categories
711:References
656:Statale 26
606:La Forclaz
577:Background
463:Strasbourg
444:Marseilles
337:Bir Hakeim
234:Mont-Cenis
504:Indochina
294:campaigns
622:Regiment
593:Littorio
587:Regiment
469:Nordwind
456:Dompaire
451:Lorraine
404:Overlord
326:Exporter
169:Strength
63:Location
24:Part of
589:of the
522:Oceania
498:Crimson
492:Réunion
433:Dragoon
427:Vercors
388:Glières
378:Corsica
354:Tunisia
239:Authion
177:unknown
116:Germany
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705:Alpini
618:100th
614:Alpini
602:Rhêmes
585:Alpini
547:. The
439:Toulon
360:Europe
174:46 men
131:France
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637:]
600:near
410:Paris
372:Husky
348:Torch
332:Kufra
320:Keren
315:Gabon
310:Dakar
777:ISBN
583:4th
539:The
480:Alps
417:Elba
47:Date
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