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Bombardment of Ancona

The Bombardment of Ancona was a naval engagement of the Adriatic Campaign of World War I between the navies of Italy and Austria-Hungary. Forces of the Imperial and Royal Navy attacked and bombarded military and civilian targets all across Ancona in central Italy and several other nearby islands and communities in response to Italy's declaration of war on Austria-Hungary.

Bombardment of Ancona
Bombardment of Ancona · Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
23 May 1915 – 24 May 1915
Where
Province of Ancona
Era
Modern

Topics

Italy753 BCE – today

Before and after

Battles of the Isonzo1915 – 1917Constantinople Agreement1915Show on timeline

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