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Resistenza (Corsica)
The Italian Resistance ( ), or simply ''La'' , consisted of all the Italian resistance groups who fought the occupying forces of Nazi Germany and the fascist collaborationists of the Italian Social Republic during the Second World War in Italy from 1943 to 1945. As a diverse anti-fascist and anti-Nazist movement and organisation, the opposed Nazi Germany and its Fascist puppet state regime, the Italian Social Republic, which the Germans created following the Nazi German invasion and military occupation of Italy by the and the from 8 September 1943 until 25 April 1945. General underground Italian opposition to the Fascist Italian government existed even before World War II, but open and armed resistance followed the German invasion of Italy on 8 September 1943: in Nazi-occupied Italy, the Italian Resistance fighters, known as the (partisans), fought a ('national liberation war') against the invading German forces; in this context, the anti-fascist of the Italian Resistance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberation Day (Italy)
Liberation Day ( ), also known as the Anniversary of Italy's Liberation (), Anniversary of the Resistance (), or simply 25 April ( ), is a national holiday in Italy that commemorates the victory of the Italian resistance movement against Nazi Germany and the Italian Social Republic, puppet state of the Nazis and rump state of the fascists, culminating in the liberation of Italy from German occupation and the end of the Italian Civil War, in the latter phase of World War II. That is distinct from Republic Day (), which takes place on 2 June and commemorates the 1946 Italian institutional referendum. Background In Italy, Mussolini's Italian Fascism, Fascist regime used the term ''anti-fascist'' to describe its opponents. Mussolini's secret police was officially known as the Organization for Vigilance and Repression of Anti-Fascism. During the 1920s in the Kingdom of Italy, anti-fascists, many of them from the labor movement, fought against the violent Blackshirts and against the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
