After 1945, most of the remaining Italians fled the region (350,000 Italians escaped from Istria and Dalmatia in the istrian exodus). They were treated as remnants of the occupation force and were given an option to leave for Italy. Some died in the so-called "foibe massacres", although this was more common in Istria and elsewhere than in Dalmatia. The "disappearance" of the Italian speaking populations in Dalmatia was nearly complete after World War II.The linguist Matteo Bartoli calculated that the Italians were 33% of the Dalmatian population during the Napoleonic wars, while currently there are only 300 Italians in the Croatian dalmatia and 500 Italians in coastal Montenegro.