Bloody Christmas (1920)

Bloody Christmas
Part of Civil unrest in Italy
Date24–29 December 1920 (6 days)
Location
Result Italian government victory
Territorial
changes
Dissolution of the Italian Regency of Carnaro
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
25 killed
139 wounded
26 killed
46 wounded
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.