Bombing of Naples in World War II

Allied Bombing of Naples
Part of World War II

Naples under bombardment in 1943
Date1940-1944
Location
Naples
40°50′00″N 14°15′00″E
Result Strategic Allied victory
Belligerents
Allies Fascist Italy
Casualties and losses
20,000 - 25,000 civilians

During World War II the Italian city of Naples suffered approximately 200 air raids by the Allies from 1940 to 1944; Milan was the only Italian city attacked more frequently. Almost all of the attacks — a total of 181 — were launched in the first nine months of 1943 before the Four days of Naples and the Allied occupation of the city at the beginning of October. Estimates of civilian casualties vary between 20,000 and 25,000 killed.

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