Who were the partisans in Italy?
Italian partisans (antifascist guerrilla fighters) aided the Allied battle against the Germans. The Italian Resistance had been fighting underground against the fascist government of Mussolini long before its surrender, and now it fought against German fascism.
Who led the Italian Resistance?
Italian Civil War
| Date | 8 September 1943 – 2 May 1945 (1 year, 7 months, 3 weeks and 3 days) |
|---|---|
| Location | Italy |
| Result | Royal Italian and Italian Resistance victory Liberation of Italy from Fascism Collapse of the Italian Social Republic German Army in Italy surrenders Execution of Benito Mussolini |
Who fought in the Italian civil war?
The Italian Civil War (8 September 1943-2 May 1945) was a sub-conflict of World War II in which the 350,000-strong Italian Resistance and the 190,000-strong Italian Co-belligerent Army fought together to defeat the 600,000-strong army of the fascist Italian Social Republic and its German allies.
Who ran Italy during ww2?
Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini was an Italian political leader who became the fascist dictator of Italy from 1925 to 1945. Originally a revolutionary socialist, he forged the paramilitary fascist movement in 1919 and became prime minister in 1922.
Who fought Mussolini?
| Italian resistance movement | |
|---|---|
| Allies | Allies Kingdom of Italy (1943–1945) |
| Opponents | Axis powers (Fascist Italy until 1943, Nazi Germany and Italian Social Republic (1943–1945)) |
Has Germany ever had a civil war?
The German Revolution or November Revolution (German: Novemberrevolution) was a civil conflict in the German Empire at the end of the First World War that resulted in the replacement of the German federal constitutional monarchy with a democratic parliamentary republic that later became known as the Weimar Republic.