Pier Paolo Battistelli, Piero Crociani

World War II Partisan Warfare in Italy

Illustrator: Dennis, Peter

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

When Italy surrendered in 1943, it sparked a resistance movement of anti-German, anti-fascist partisans. This book explores the tactics, organizational structure and equipment of the brave Italian resistance fighters. It provides a comprehensive guide to the men and women who fought a desperate struggle against occupation.

Produktdetails

• Elite
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 182mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 228g
• ISBN-13: 9781472808936
• ISBN-10: 1472808932
• Artikelnr.: 41886377

Autorenporträt

Pier Paolo Battistelli, Piero Crociani

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Italian surrender and German occupation /German organization /From early resistance to partisan warfare /Peak of operations: collapse of RSI army security forces and mobilization of Fascist Party 'Black Brigades'
SS take over from Wehrmacht
creation of partisan CVT command, and 'free zones'
partisans fight with Allied troops
resistance in Florence
the struggle on the Franco
Italian border /Crisis of September 1944
March 1945: major anti
partisan operations
deployment of German combat units against partisans /The Allies and the partisans /Final uprising /The 'operational zones': the NW Italo
French and NE Italo
Yugoslav frontiers /Equipment, tactics, and assessment of Italian partisan groups /Equipment, tactics and assessment of German and Italian Fascist anti
partisan forces /Bibliography /Index