battle, interwar and Second World War

German occupation of Rome

Name: German occupation of Rome
Start: 1943-09-08
Location: Rome, Italy

German occupation of Rome was a battle fought on 8 September 1943 at Rome, in what is now Italy; it lasted 2 days. The recorded result: German victory. Recorded strength: 25,000 soldiers and 135 armored vehicles against 88,000 soldiers and 381 armored vehicles.

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Fought8 September 1943lasted 2 days

WhereRome, Italy41.867N, 12.481E

OutcomeGerman victory

BelligerentsNazi GermanyagainstKingdom of Italy; Italian Royal Army; Italian resistance movement; I Caimani del Bell'orizzonte

Record

Date	8 September 1943 to 10 September 1943
Place	Rome, Italy 41.867N, 12.481E
Kind	Battle, interwar and Second World War
Strength	25,000 soldiers and 135 armored vehicles	88,000 soldiers and 381 armored vehicles
Casualties and losses	109 dead and 510 wounded	More than 1,000 dead, including 659 military personnel, 121 civilians (51 women) and about 250 unidentified people
Commanders	Albert Kesselring Kurt Student	Mario Roatta Giacomo Carboni

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Rome AD 549, 1.0 km N
Sack of Rome 390 BC, 2.9 km N
Siege of Rome 1849, 2.9 km N
Siege of Rome AD 472, 2.9 km N
Siege of the Capitoline Hill AD 69, 2.9 km N

Contested ground: this site was fought over 16 times between 476 BC and 1943.

Elsewhere in 1943

German occupation of Rome is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 942 in present-day Italy.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3844257, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article German occupation of Rome, revision 1383576764, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.