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The Arditi were active participants in Gabriele D ' Annunzio's coup in the city of Fiume ( Rijeka ), in modern Croatia.

When his original plan for Italian annexation was rebuffed by the government in Rome, D ' Annunzio proclaimed the founding of the " Italian Regency of Carnaro ".

With the trade unionist De Ambris, D ' Annunzo promulgated a constitution, the Charter of Carnaro, containing strongly progressive or even radical elements.

On December 25, 1920 regular Italian army troops put an end to the short-lived Republic after brief clashes.