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
Date27–30 September 1943
Location
Result

Resistance victory

  • Liberation of Naples from German occupation
Belligerents
Neapolitan Rebels
Supported by:
 United States
 United Kingdom
Nazi Germany 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)[1]
Nazi Germany Walter Schöll
(Commander of the Military Area of Naples)
Italian Social Republic Domenico Tilena
(Provincial Federal fascist leader of Naples)
Strength
1,589[2] 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 their limited armament, and without proper organization or planning, 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.

  1. ^ Corrado Barbagallo, "Napoli contro il terrore nazista", Casa editrice Maone, Napoli, 1944.
  2. ^ "Iniziano le 4 giornate di Napoli il 27 settembre 1943". Me.Dia.Re. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2021.