World War II Partisan Warfare in Italy Battistelli Pier Paolo
World War II Partisan Warfare in Italy Battistelli Pier Paolo When Italy surrendered in 1943, it sparked a diverse resistance movement of anti-German, anti-fascist partisans who rose up against…
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World War II Partisan Warfare in Italy Battistelli Pier Paolo
When Italy surrendered in 1943, it sparked a diverse resistance movement of anti-German, anti-fascist partisans who rose up against German occupation. Beginning with low-level sabotage and assassinations, the groups grew until Spring 1944 when they numbered around 100,000, and as the Allies advanced to the Gothic line, a remarkable, unified partisan command structure was created. This book explores the tactics, organizational structure and equipment of the brave Italian resistance fighters, who knew what was at stake when operating against their German occupiers.
The German response was eye-watering in its ferocity and brutality, as the SS and Italian RSI looked to eradicate the partisans once and for all when the Allied advance stalled in Autumn 1944. The partisans began to work in close co-ordination with the Allies, receiving British SOE and American OSS liaison teams as well as supplies of weapons. But when the Allies made their final breakthrough in the last weeks of the war the partisans rose in force to pile the pressure on the retreating Wehrmacht.From an expert on Italian military history in World War II, this work provides a sumptuously illustrated, comprehensive guide to those who fought a desperate struggle against occupation, as well as the German and Italian fascist security forces unleashed against them.
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