Four Days of Naples

Four Days of Naples; Quattro giornate di Napoli
	Part of the Italian Campaign of World War II
	; Italian partisans celebrating the liberation of Naples
Date	27–30 September 1943
Location	Naples, Italy
Result	Resistance victory Liberation of Naples from German occupation;
Belligerents
Kingdom of Italy; • People of Naples; Supported by:; United States; United Kingdom	Germany; Italian Social Republic
Commanders and leaders
• Antonio Tarsia in Curia; (Vomero); • Giovanni Abbate; (Vomero); • Ermete Bonomi; (Materdei); • Carmine Musella; (Avvocata); • Carlo Bianco; • Aurelio Spoto; (Capodimonte); • Stefano Fadda; (Chiaia); • Francesco Cibarelli; • Amedeo Manzo; • Francesco Bilardo; (Via Duomo); • Gennaro Zengo; (Corso Giuseppe Garibaldi); • Francesco Amicarelli; (Piazza Mazzini); • Mario Orbitello; (Montecalvario); • Salvatore Amato; (Museo); • Alberto Agresti]]; (Via Caracciolo, Posillipo); • Raffaele Viglione; (Piazza Carlo III); • Tito Murolo; (Vasto)	Walter Schöll; (Commander of the Military Area of Naples); Domenico Tilena; (Provincial Federal fascist leader of Naples)
Strength
1,589	20,000
Casualties and losses
168 killed; 162 wounded	54-96 killed
	159 unarmed civilians Total= 562 killed

The Four Days of Naples (Italian: Quattro giornate di Napoli) was an uprising in Naples, Italy, against Nazi German occupation forces from September 27 to September 30, 1943, immediately prior to the arrival of Allied forces in Naples on October 1 during World War II.

The spontaneous uprising of Neapolitan and Italian Resistance against German occupying forces, despite limited armament, organisation or planning, nevertheless successfully disrupted German plans to deport Neapolitans en masse, destroy the city and prevent Allied forces from gaining a strategic foothold.

The city was subsequently awarded the Gold Medal of Military Valor. The four days are celebrated annually and were the subject of the 1962 film The Four Days of Naples.

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