The Battle of the Alps was the first major engagement by a state which abandoned its monarchy in what year?
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.
Royal war and popular war Royal war and popular (or people's) war ("Guerra regia e guerra di popolo") is a recurring concept in the historiography of the Italian Risorgimento, referring to the two possible forms in which the whole of Italy could be conquered and formed into a single independent state.