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The participation of Italy in the Second World War was characterized by a complex framework of ideology, politics, and diplomacy, while its military actions were often heavily influenced by external factors.
The Italian Resistance (Italian: Resistenza italiana, pronounced [reziˈstɛntsa itaˈljaːna], or simply La Resistenza) consisted of all the Italian resistance groups who fought the occupying forces of Nazi Germany and the fascist collaborationists of the Italian Social Republic during the Second World War in Italy from 1943 to 1945.
Italian fascism (Italian: fascismo italiano), also classical fascism and Fascism, is the original fascist ideology, which Giovanni Gentile and Benito Mussolini developed in Italy.
The real war for Italy began only in October, when Mussolini attacked Greece from Albania in a disastrous campaign that obliged the Germans, in 1941, to rescue the Italian forces and take over Greece themselves.
Italy's involvement in World War II was marked by its alliance with Nazi Germany, internal strife, and a dramatic shift from Axis power to a co-belligerent with the Allies. Led by Benito Mussolini, Italy joined the war in June 1940, seeking to expand its territories.
Italy - Unification, Fascism, WW2: After the conquest of Rome in 1870, Italian politicians settled down to manage the economy, to build up the country’s military power, and—in the telling phrase of the Piedmontese author and statesman Massimo d’Azeglio—to “make Italians.”
The participation of Italy in the Second World War was characterized by a complex framework of ideology, politics, and diplomacy, while its military actions were often heavily influenced by external factors.
Italy did not kill its own citizens, unlike Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, but committed numerous atrocities outside its borders, including massacres and rape in occupied Libya and Ethiopia.
In October 1922, a storm was gathering over Italy. Fascism—a political movement that harnessed discontent with a potent brew of nationalism, populism, and violence—would soon engulf the embattled...
Italy - Fascism, Mussolini, Unification: The political crisis of the postwar years provided an opportunity for militant, patriotic movements, including those of ex-servicemen and former assault troops, students, ex-syndicalists, and former pro-war agitators.