Battle of Mont-Cenis
| Battle of Mont-Cenis (Operation Izard) | |||||||||
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| Part of Second Battle of the Alps | |||||||||
Column of L3/33 tanks of the 1st Tank Infantry Regiment on the Mont-Cenis plain. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Italian Social Republic Supported by: Germany (7–12 April) | France | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Edoardo Sala | Alain Le Ray | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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1× Paratroopers battalion Gebirgsjäger |
27th Alpine Brigade 1st Free French Division | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 1,500 men | 3,000 men | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown | 61 killed | ||||||||
The Battle of Mont-Cenis (in Italian: Battaglia del Moncenisio), codenamed Operation Izard (in French: Opération Izard), was a battle fought over Mont-Cenis between Italian and French forces that started on 5 April 1945, as part of the Second Battle of the Alps.