Battle of Mont-Cenis

Battle of Mont-Cenis (Operation Izard)
	Part of Second Battle of the Alps
	; Column of L3/33 tanks of the 1st Tank Infantry Regiment on the Mont-Cenis plain.
Date	5–12 April 1945
Location	Mont-Cenis
Result	Axis defensive victory French offensive becomes a failure; The Americans stop support and aid to France; See $Aftermath;
Territorial; changes	Italian forces re-capture Mont-Cenis, Pointe de Bellecombe and Mont-Froid
Belligerents
Italian Social Republic; Supported by:; Germany (7–12 April)	France
Commanders and leaders
Edoardo Sala	Alain Le Ray
Units involved
185th Paratroopers Division "Folgore"; 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.

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