<P> The official Italian government accounting of World War II 1940--45 losses listed the following data: </P> <Ul> <Li> Total military dead and missing from 1940--45: 291,376 <Ul> <Li> Losses prior to the Armistice of Cassibile in September 1943: 204,346 (66,686 killed, 111,579 missing, 26,081 died of disease) </Li> <Li> Losses after the Armistice: 87,030 (42,916 killed, 19,840 missing, 24,274 died of disease). Military losses in Italy after the September 1943 Armistice included 5,927 with the Allies, 17,488 Italian resistance movement fighters and 13,000 Italian Social Republic (RSI) Fascist forces . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Losses by branch of service: <Ul> <Li> Army 201,405 </Li> <Li> Navy 22,034 </Li> <Li> Air Force 9,096 </Li> <Li> Colonial Forces 354 </Li> <Li> Chaplains 91 </Li> <Li> Fascist militia 10,066 </Li> <Li> Paramilitary 3,252 </Li> <Li> Not indicated 45,078 </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Military losses by theatre of war: <Ul> <Li> Italy 74,725 (37,573 post armistice) </Li> <Li> France 2,060 (1,039 post armistice) </Li> <Li> Germany 25,430 (24,020 post armistice) </Li> <Li> Greece, Albania and Yugoslavia 49,459 (10,090 post armistice) </Li> <Li> Soviet Union 82,079 (3,522 post armistice) </Li> <Li> Africa 22,341 (1,565 post armistice) </Li> <Li> At sea 28,438 (5,526 post armistice) </Li> <Li> Other and unknown 6,844 (3,695 post armistice). </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> <Li> Total military dead and missing from 1940--45: 291,376 <Ul> <Li> Losses prior to the Armistice of Cassibile in September 1943: 204,346 (66,686 killed, 111,579 missing, 26,081 died of disease) </Li> <Li> Losses after the Armistice: 87,030 (42,916 killed, 19,840 missing, 24,274 died of disease). Military losses in Italy after the September 1943 Armistice included 5,927 with the Allies, 17,488 Italian resistance movement fighters and 13,000 Italian Social Republic (RSI) Fascist forces . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Ul> <Li> Losses prior to the Armistice of Cassibile in September 1943: 204,346 (66,686 killed, 111,579 missing, 26,081 died of disease) </Li> <Li> Losses after the Armistice: 87,030 (42,916 killed, 19,840 missing, 24,274 died of disease). Military losses in Italy after the September 1943 Armistice included 5,927 with the Allies, 17,488 Italian resistance movement fighters and 13,000 Italian Social Republic (RSI) Fascist forces . </Li> </Ul>

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