On 11 September 1943, in connection with the Armistice of Cassibile, Bari was taken without resistance by the British 1st Airborne Division, then during October and November 1943, New Zealand troops from the 2nd New Zealand Division assembled in Bari.

The 1943 chemical warfare disaster

A fleet of German Luftwaffe bombers attacked Allied forces and shipping in Bari on 2 December

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