| 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 and adventurer Gabriele D'Annunzio in 1920.