Editing Haute-Savoie (section)

== History ==
{{See also|Savoy}}
The historical region of [[Savoy]] was governed by the [[House of Savoy]], the ruling dynasty of Savoy from 1032 to 1860. The [[Dukes of Savoy]] were rulers of the Savoy region from 1416 to 1720.

The territory occupied by modern Haute-Savoie and the adjoining department of [[Savoie]] became part of the [[Kingdom of Sardinia]] after the [[Treaty of Utrecht]] in 1713. Annexation of the region by [[France]] was formalised in the [[Treaty of Turin (1860)|Treaty of Turin]] on March 24, 1860. Most of it was the [[Neutralized Zone of Savoy]].
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From November 1942 to September 1943, Haute-Savoie was subjected to military occupation by [[Fascist Italy (1922-1943)|Fascist Italy]]. The [[Maquis des Glières]] (a band of [[Maquis (World War II)|Free French Resistance]] fighters who opposed the [[Nazi Germany|Nazi]], [[Vichy France|Vichy]] and [[Milice]] regimes during [[World War II]]) operated from Haute-Savoie. In the winter of 1943–1944, German troops burned down around 500 farms in response to French Resistance activities.