history-of-italy: On September 12, 1919, Gabriele D’Annunzio (the man in the center with

history-of-italy:

On September 12, 1919, Gabriele D’Annunzio (the man in the center with a stick) led around 2,600 troops from the Royal Italian Army(theGranatieri di Sardegna), Italian nationalists and irredentists, into a seizure of the city of Fiume (now Rijeka,Croatia, that was claimed by both the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and SlovenesandItaly) forcing the withdrawal of the inter-Allied (American, British and French) occupying forces. Their march from Ronchi dei Legionari to Fiume became known as the Impresa di Fiume(literallyFiume Exploit).