| Bloody Christmas | |||||||||
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| Part of Civil unrest in Italy | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Kingdom of Italy | Italian Regency of Carnaro | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Enrico Caviglia | Gabriele D'Annunzio | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 8,000 soldiers | 2,500 legionnaires | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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25 killed 139 wounded |
26 killed 46 wounded | ||||||||
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7 civilians killed 22 wounded | |||||||||
The Bloody Christmas (Croatian: Riječki krvavi božić; Italian: Natale di sangue) of 1920 was a series of clashes in Fiume (now Rijeka, Croatia), which led to the conclusion of the Fiume campaign that was carried out by the Italian poet, adventurer, and proto-fascist Gabriele D'Annunzio in 1920.