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Italy's Partisan Fighters
Witness History: Witness Archive 2016
English - September 05, 2016 08:00 - 8 minutes - 4.06 MB - ★★★ - 8 ratingsHistory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In September 1943, Partisan fighters in Italy began organising in large numbers to help the Allies defeat Nazi Germany and rid their country of the remnants of Benito Mussolini's fascist state. As World War Two drew to a close, there was vicious fighting in many villages between the Partisans and Italians still loyal to the dictator. Alice Gioia speaks to a brother and sister who both took part in the Partisan struggle.
PHOTO: Italian Partisans celebrating victory, May 1945 (personal collection)