Italian resistance movement
The Italian resistance movement (Italian: Resistenza italiana or just la Resistenza) is a term for Italian resistance groups during World War II.
| Italian resistance movement | |
|---|---|
| Participant in the Italian Civil War and World War II | |
  Flag of the National Liberation Committee and some members of the Italian resistance in Ossola, 1944. | |
| Active | Most active 1943–1945; the Resistance originated following the rise of Fascist Italy in the 1920s |
| Ideology | Various: Generally anti-fascism Mainly various forms of communism, socialism, and anarchism; Republicanism and liberalism To a lesser extent: Liberal socialism Christian democracy Catholic anti-fascism / Catholic anti-Nazism Catholic socialism Social liberalism Social democracy Monarchism |
| Allies | |
| Opponent(s) | Axis powers (Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany and Italian Social Republic) |
It was against the forces of Nazi Germany as well as the Italian Social Republic between September 1943 and April 1945
Known as partisans (Italian: partigiani), the brutal conflict they took part in is called the Italian Liberation War.
Italian Resistance Movement Media
Flag of Arditi del Popolo, an axe cutting a fasces. Arditi del Popolo was a militant anti-fascist group founded in 1921 in Italy
Carlo Rosselli (1899-1937)
Giacomo Matteotti
Flag of Giustizia e Libertà, an anti-fascist movement active from 1929 to 1945
Italian soldiers preparing to clash with the Germans at Porta San Paolo in Rome, 10 September 1943
Commemorative plaque for those killed in the battle of Porta San Paolo in Rome (10 September 1943)
View of the harbour of Piombino in 2012
The President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano during his speech held in Cefalonia on 25 April 2007 in memory of the massacre of the Acqui Division
Bella ciao (instrumental only version performed by the Band of the Guard of the Serbian Armed Forces)
Other websites
- Italy | European Resistance Archive
- (in Italian) ANPI – Associazione Nazionale Partigiani d'Italia
- (in Italian) ANCFARGL – Associazione Nazionale Combattenti Forze Armate Regolari Guerra di Liberazione
- (in Italian) INSMLI – Istituto Nazionale per la Storia del Movimento di Liberazione in Italia
- (in Italian) Il portale della guerra di Liberazione
- Anarchist partisans in the Italian Resistance
