La Resistenza italiana
The Italian Resistance
On the 8th of September of 1943, the Italian government Italian signed the armistice with the Allies. The news caught off guard the army and the population, leaving the country in chaos.
The Germans occupied rapidly the centre and north of Italy. Thousands of soldiers dispersed, workers, students and peasants took up gave to the resistance, organising partisan bands partisan in the mountains.
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The partisans operated with methods of guerrilla warfare: sabotages of supply lines of supply, attacks to the garrisons enemy and aid to Jews and to prisoners Allied.
The reprisals Nazi-Fascist were ruthless. For every soldier German killed, would be shot dozens of civilians. The massacres at Marzabotto and at the Ardeatine Caves Ardeatine remain among the most serious on all of the conflict.
The 25th of April 1945 the Committee of National Liberation National proclaimed the insurrection general. In a few days, the major main cities of the north were liberated by the partisans themselves, before even of the arrival of the Allies.
Today the 25th of April is Italy's national holiday of the Liberation, a anniversary that recalls the sacrifice of those who chose to resist.