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Italian invasion of France
The Italian invasion of France, also called the Battle of the Alps (10–25 June 1940), was the first major Italian engagement of World War II and the last major engagement of the Battle of France.
The Italian entry into the war widened its scope considerably in Africa and the Mediterranean Sea. The goal of the Italian leader, Benito Mussolini, was the elimination of Anglo-French domination in the Mediterranean, the reclamation of historically Italian territory ("Italia irredenta") and the expansion
- 1937 – Paris (France)
- 1938 – Bucharest (Romania) (25 Sep – 2 October 1938)
The outbreak of the World War II, following the invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939, led to the cancellation of the Congress scheduled for the end of 1939 (in US). FIDAC Executive meetings continued at the Paris headquarters, the last of which took place in March 1940. A few weeks later France was invaded by the Axis powers and FIDAC's existence had come to an end