the province was spared the bloody guerrilla, that happened in the rest of italian-occupied montenegro, until mid-september 1943 when germans took control of the area and the italian province of cattaro disappeared. the italian division "emilia" of the "xiv° corpo d'armata" fought the german occupation of the province of cattaro, having 597 deaths e 963 wounded soldiers, from september 9 until september 16, 1943.