As the situation became desperate in January and February 1945, with Allied forces in control of most of Italy, Mussolini declared that " he would fight to the last Italian " and spoke of turning Milan into the " Stalingrad of Italy ", where Fascism would make its last glorious fight.

Sforza was driven from the Marche, but defeated Piccinino at Montelauro, and while the latter was preparing for a desperate effort against Sforza he was suddenly recalled to Milan, his army was beaten in his absence, and he died of grief and of his wounds in 1444.

In 268, at some time before or soon after the battle of Naissus, Gallienus ' authority was challenged by Aureolus, commander of the cavalry stationed in Mediolanum ( Milan ), who was supposed to keep an eye on Postumus.

Bertoldo ( died 1417 ) managed to keep only Pitigliano, while his grandson Orso ( died July 5, 1479 ) was count of Nola and fought as condottiero under the Duke of Milan and the Republic of Venice.

In the same year, Luchino Visconti and Francesco Garbagnate demolish the walls of Monza to keep it from defending itself against attacks from the side of Milan.

A bitter struggle for the regency with the boy's mother, Bona of Savoy, followed ; Ludovico emerged as victor in 1481 and seized control of the government of Milan, despite attempts to keep him out of power.

Cafu signed a contract extension in May 2007 that would keep him with Milan until the end of the 2007 – 08 season.

In order to keep with the Italian resort theme many streets in Mentone were named after Italian cities for example, Cremona Street, Florence St, Venice St and Milan St.

Following a lengthly siege, the city fell to Milan but the Ruscas were allowed to keep Montebello.

The government of Milan is unable to keep bread prices down by decree and the city is swamped by beggars.

Julius and the Venetians insisted that Maximilian Sforza be permitted to keep the Duchy of Milan ; Emperor Maximilian and Ferdinand conspired instead to have one of their cousins installed as duke.

The departure of Wilkins to AC Milan at the end of the season saw manager Ron Atkinson decide to use Whiteside as a first choice midfielder, enabling Hughes to keep his place in the first team, and he was rewarded handsomely as he scored 25 goals in 55 games in all competitions as United achieved an FA Cup final victory over Everton.

Scene 4 — The Cardinal ’ s apartments in Milan: The Cardinal enters, trying to dissuade Pescara, Malateste, Roderigo and Grisolan from staying to keep watch over Ferdinand.

Goppingen was actually the pseudonym used by former Inter Milan, Bayern Munich and Tottenham Hotspur striker Jürgen Klinsmann who, following his relocation from Europe to California, decided he wanted to keep playing for a year or so, just for fun, and to impart his wisdom to Orange County's young soccer players.

The following season, Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez again decided to keep one of his players, Milan Baroš, out of Liverpool's squad for their 2005-06 UEFA Champions League ties in order to retain his value to clubs interested in purchasing the Czech striker's services.

Ironically, Herbert was the one who left the group in 1991, leaving Milan and Hedge to keep working together.

Nobles from previously sovereign states such as those in northern Italy ( Venice, Mantua, Milan ) also had their noble rights confirmed and were allowed to keep their titles.

In 20 appearances, he managed to keep a clean sheet seven times ; most importantly, those matches with FC Barcelona and Inter Milan.

The season saw an unbeaten run in the national league and the final season for Frank Rijkaard, while striker Patrick Kluivert came off the bench to score a late winner to beat AC Milan in the final of the Champions League.

He netted 9 times in 17 league appearances, playing as the main striker in most matches due to an injured Milan Baroš.

When Barça hired a fourth foreign star player, Brazilian striker Romário in 1993 it meant the four foreigners would rotate as the three foreign players allowed in each match, and when Laudrup wasn't selected for the 1994 European Cup final 0 – 4 loss to Milan ( amid conflicts with Cruyff ), his time at Barcelona was over.

Milan Baroš (, born 28 October 1981, in Valašské Meziříčí ) is a Czech footballer who plays as a striker for Galatasaray.

The end of the season saw the sale of key midfielder Ray Wilkins to AC Milan of Italy for £ 1. 5million, while the duration of the season had seen the breakthrough of young striker Mark Hughes.

He played as a striker for AFC Ajax, A. C. Milan, FC Barcelona, Newcastle United, Valencia CF, PSV Eindhoven, and Lille OSC.

During the summer of 2005, there were persistent reports that Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich offered a record sum € 75. 2 million and striker Hernán Crespo to Milan in exchange for Shevchenko.

confirmed that they had reached an agreement to acquire the sporting and economic rights of Ibrahimović from A. C. Milan, having already agreed personal terms with the striker, for an initial transfer fee of around € 20 million.

When striker Christian Vieri joined the club in July 2005, Tomasson was deemed as potential surplus, and he therefore agreed with Milan to be placed at their transfer list.

* 31 May 2006 — Chelsea pay a national record £ 30 million for Milan and Ukraine striker Andriy Shevchenko.

In August 2007, striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink agreed contract terms with Leicester and chairman Milan Mandarić invited him to undergo a medical at Leicester.

A former striker, he played for Leeds United, Manchester United, and Milan, among others at club level, as well making 52 appearances and scoring 11 goals for Scotland.

Giampaolo Pazzini (; born 2 August 1984 in Pescia ), nicknamed Il Pazzo ( The Madman ) by his fans, is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club A. C. Milan and the Italian national team.

With the arrival of former Milan striker Alberto Gilardino, Prandelli opted for Adrian Mutu and Gilardino to form a striking partnership, reducing Pazzini to a backup player role.

On 9 November 2008, Standard de Liège striker Milan Jovanović used the three-finger salute after winning the match and scoring a goal against Germinal Beerschot.

In a League Cup tie while at Millwall, he grabbed the throat of Liverpool striker Milan Baroš.

However, in 1778 Gluck turned down an offer to compose the inaugural opera for La Scala in Milan ; upon the suggestion of Joseph II and with the approval of Gluck, Salieri was offered the commission, which he gratefully accepted.

It was while she was being entertained by Louis, whose troops occupied Milan, that she offered asylum to Milanese refugees including Cecilia Gallerani, the refined mistress of her sister Beatrice's husband, Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, who had been forced to leave his duchy in the wake of French occupation.

Milan is safed because Attila is offered a huge amount of gold.

Despite the justification of Venetian embroilment in the terraferma that was offered in Foscari's funeral oration, delivered by the humanist senator and historian Bernardo Giustiniani, and some encouraging notable victories, the war was extremely costly to Venice, whose real source of wealth and power was at sea, and to her ally Florence ; they were eventually overcome by the forces of Milan under the leadership of Francesco Sforza.

Although Richard had been offered Caterina Visconti, one of the daughters of Bernabò Visconti of Milan, who would have brought a great deal of money with her as dowry – Anne was chosen, bringing no direct financial benefits to England.

Newly introduced destinations like Milan, Ankara, Athens and Madrid have led to a route network similar to the one offered prior to the 1992 trade embargo.

She was born as Amelita Galli into an upper-middle-class family in Milan, where she studied piano at the Milan Conservatory, winning a gold medal and at the age of 16 was offered a position as a " professor " or teacher there.

The University of Insubria was also established in Varese, bringing together courses that were already offered at Varese and Como by the Universities of Milan and Pavia.

In 1974, he was offered employment as foreign editor at the Franco Maria Ricci publishing company in Milan.

However he refused a position at Pisa offered by new club owner Luca Pomponi immediately after the completion of his takeover of the club, citing his need to remain at Milan in order to stay at home and take care of his son, while his wife was on tour with the theater.

In March 2009, following canon 401 of Canon Law, he offered to resign from his post as archbishop of Milan ; Pope Benedict XVI did not accept the resignation at that time and it was believed that Tettamanzi would not leave his post in the next two years.

In October 2006, Milan Mandarić reportedly offered £ 25 million to buy Leicester City.

In the 2009 – 10 Winter Transfer period, Milan were said to have offered Jankulovski to F. C.

Air Slovakia once also offered some intra-European scheduled flights ( to Barcelona, Birmingham, Cologne, Larnaca, London and Milan )

Manchester United accepted a £ 1. 5 million offer for Whiteside from A. C. Milan, and offered him £ 100, 000 in cash to accept the transfer.

Constantine and Licinius, Severus's successor, signed the " Edict of Milan " in 313, which offered a more comprehensive acceptance of Christianity than Galerius's edict had provided.

Ludovico, who was then duke of Bari and regent to the duke of Milan, had originally requested a betrothal to Isabella, Beatrice's older sister, but because she was already promised to Francesco Gonzaga, Ercole offered him Beatrice instead.