Editing Ancona (section)

===Contemporary history===
Ancona entered the [[Kingdom of Italy]] when [[Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière]] surrendered here on 29 September 1860 following a brief [[Siege of Ancona (1860)|siege]], eleven days after his defeat at [[Castelfidardo]].<ref name="EB1911" />

On 23 May 1915, Italy entered [[World War I]] and joined the [[Allies of World War I|Entente Powers]]. In 1915, following Italy's entry, the battleship division of the [[Austro-Hungarian Navy]] carried out [[Bombardment of Ancona|extensive bombardments]] causing great damage to all installations and killing several dozen people.<ref>Hore, Peter, ''The Ironclads'', London, Southwater Publishing, 2006. {{ISBN|978-1-84476-299-6}}.</ref> Ancona was one of the most important Italian ports on the Adriatic Sea during [[World War I|the Great War]].
 
During [[World War II]], the city was taken by the [[II Corps (Poland)|Polish 2nd Corps]] against Nazi German forces, as [[Polish Armed Forces in the West|Free Polish forces]] were serving as part of the British Army. Poles were tasked with capture of the city on 16 June 1944 and accomplished the task a month later on 18 July 1944 in what is known as the [[battle of Ancona]]. The attack was part of an [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] operation to gain access to a seaport closer to the [[Gothic Line]] in order to shorten their [[lines of communication]] for the [[Italian Campaign (World War II)#Allied advance into Northern Italy|advance into northern Italy]].<ref>Jerzy Bordziłowski (ed. ), ''Mała encyklopedia wojskowa. Tom 1'' (in [[Polish language|Polish]]), Warsaw, Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej, 1967.</ref>