World War II Partisan Warfare in Italy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook World War II Partisan Warfare in Italy write by Pier Paolo Battistelli. This book was released on 2015-08-20. World War II Partisan Warfare in Italy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. When Italy surrendered in 1943, it sparked a resistance movement of anti-German, anti-fascist partisans. This book explores the tactics, organizational structure and equipment of the brave Italian resistance fighters. Beginning with low-level sabotage and assassinations, the groups continued to grow until spring 1944 when a remarkable, unified partisan command structure was created. Working in close co-ordination with the Allies, they received British SOE and American OSS liaison teams as well as supplies of weapons. The German response was ferocious, and in autumn 1944, as the Allied advance stalled, the SS and Italian RSI looked to eradicate the partisans once and for all. But when the Allies made their final breakthrough in the last weeks of the war the partisans rose again to exact their revenge on the retreating Wehrmacht. From an expert on Italian military history in World War II, this work provides a comprehensive guide to the men and women who fought a desperate struggle against occupation, as well as the German and Italian fascist security forces unleashed against them.
A House in the Mountains
A House in the Mountains - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A House in the Mountains write by Caroline Moorehead. This book was released on 2020-01-28. A House in the Mountains available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Dramatic, heartbreaking and sweeping in scope." —Wall Street Journal The acclaimed author of A Train in Winter returns with the "moving finale" (The Economist) of her Resistance Quartet—the powerful and inspiring true story of the women of the partisan resistance who fought against Italy’s fascist regime during World War II. In the late summer of 1943, when Italy broke with the Germans and joined the Allies after suffering catastrophic military losses, an Italian Resistance was born. Four young Piedmontese women—Ada, Frida, Silvia and Bianca—living secretly in the mountains surrounding Turin, risked their lives to overthrow Italy’s authoritarian government. They were among the thousands of Italians who joined the Partisan effort to help the Allies liberate their country from the German invaders and their Fascist collaborators. What made this partisan war all the more extraordinary was the number of women—like this brave quartet—who swelled its ranks. The bloody civil war that ensued pitted neighbor against neighbor, and revealed the best and worst in Italian society. The courage shown by the partisans was exemplary, and eventually bound them together into a coherent fighting force. But the death rattle of Mussolini’s two decades of Fascist rule—with its corruption, greed, and anti-Semitism—was unrelentingly violent and brutal. Drawing on a rich cache of previously untranslated sources, prize-winning historian Caroline Moorehead illuminates the experiences of Ada, Frida, Silvia, and Bianca to tell the little-known story of the women of the Italian partisan movement fighting for freedom against fascism in all its forms, while Europe collapsed in smoldering ruins around them.
Italian Partisan Weapons in WWII
Italian Partisan Weapons in WWII - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Italian Partisan Weapons in WWII write by Gianluigi Usai. This book was released on 2016-12-28. Italian Partisan Weapons in WWII available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book covers all classes and types of small arms, from pistols to heavy machine guns, known to have been used by the Italian partisans during WWII. It provides a brief history of the origin and development of the partisan movement in Italy following the 8 September 1943 armistice between Italy and the Allies and subsequent occupation of the northern portion of the country by Germany. There are many relevant examples of correspondence between partisan units relating to acquisition, distribution, use, maintenance, and problems encountered with the various types of small arms available. The majority of the pages of this book are dedicated to a complete, thorough, and extensive coverage of each individual type of weapon known to have been used by the partisans, including specifications, supported by current as well as vintage photographs showing the weapons in use by the partisans.
The War Against Germany and Italy
The War Against Germany and Italy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The War Against Germany and Italy write by Kenneth E. Hunter. This book was released on 1951. The War Against Germany and Italy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Other Italy
The Other Italy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Other Italy write by Maria Wilhelm. This book was released on 1988. The Other Italy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Chronicles the struggle of Italians engaged in an underground battle against the Nazis and Facisti, profiling the peasants, priests, and nuns, and others who participated in partisan uprisings against the forces of oppression
