Italian resistance
| Italian resistance movement | |
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| Participant in World War II | |
Flag of the National Liberation Committee
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| Active | 1943–1945 |
| Ideology | Various: Generally Anti-fascism Various forms of Communism, Socialism, and Anarchism Republicanism and Liberalism Liberal socialism Christian democracy Catholic anti-fascism and Catholic socialism Social liberalism Social democracy Monarchism |
| Area of operations | Italian Social Republic |
| Strength | 223,639 |
| Allies | Allied powers |
| Opponents | Axis powers, Germany, Italian Social Republic |
The Italian resistance movement (Italian: Resistenza italiana or just Resistenza) is an umbrella term for resistance groups that opposed the occupying German forces and the Italian Fascist puppet regime of the Italian Social Republic during the later years of World War II. It was formed by pro-Allied Italians, following the Allied invasion of the country, the armistice between Italy and Allied armed forces, and German military occupation of northern Italy. The movement is also known as the Italian resistance and the Italian partisans. The brutal conflict they took part in is referred to as the Italian Liberation War (when referring to the part they took in the Italian Campaign against the Axis) or as the Italian Civil War (when referring specifically to the conflict with the Fascists). The modern Italian Republic was declared to be founded on the struggle of the resistance.
Armed resistance to the German occupation following the armistice between Italy and Allied armed forces began with Italian regular forces: the Italian Armed Forces and the Carabinieri military police. The period's best-known battle broke out in Rome the day the armistice was announced. Regio Esercito units such as the Sassari Division, the Granatieri di Sardegna, the Piave Division, the Ariete II Division, the Centauro Division, the Piacenza Division and the "Lupi di Toscana" Division (in addition to Carabinieri, infantry and coastal artillery regiments) were deployed around the city and along surrounding roads.
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