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Subject(s)

• Italy—History—German occupation, 1943-1945 [Browse]
• Italy—History—Allied occupation, 1943-1947 [Browse]
• Italy—Politics and government—1943-1947 [Browse]
• World War, 1939-1945—Italy [Browse]
• Allied Military Government [Browse]

Series

• Europäische Hochschulschriften. Reihe III, Geschichte und ihre Hilfswissenschaften Bd. 1078. [More in this series]
• European university studies. Series III, History and allied studies ; v. 1078

Summary note

Italy's change of camp during World War II marked a turning point in the lives of all Italians, causing the ±death of the fatherland and the collapse of a two-decade long, dictatorial régime. Also, this switch triggered a bloody civil war, which increasingly divided an already fragmented country into two separate territories: the Salò Republic (RSI), occupied and controlled by the Germans, and the Southern Kingdom, occupied and administered by the Anglo-Americans. This book is about the British and American relations with, perceptions of, and judgments on the RSI. The period examined runs from September 1943 through April 1945 with some incursions into the immediate post-war period, when the Allied Control Commission and, after the fall of 1944, the Allied Commission and the Advisory Council for Italy, were still functioning. During this time frame Anglo-American troops were still occupying Italian soil, and some republican fascists remained in hiding, waiting to appear again on the political scene as turncoats, diehard fascists or ±gladiators. While the first part of the monograph deals specifically with the relations between the latter and the Allies, the second deals with American and British journalists and/or intellectuals who wrote about or worked for the RSI. The last section is dedicated to the different categories of post-9/8 Prisoners of War. Publisher's note.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• pt. 1. The Allies and the Italian Social Republic : Uncle Sam, John Bull, and Ben. United States and United Kingdom : a war marriage of convenience
• A view from the White House
• The US military in Italy : covert operations and secret contacts with the RSI
• OSS R & A report number 1740 : the Italian Fascist government
• The Decima MAS in the US and British archives
• East! East! East! : tentative US-Italian efforts to save Venezia Giulia
• Clandestine Fascism and Allied intelligence clashes
• The Vega Battalion : stay-behind soldiers and smugglers
• The view from Downing Street
• The genesis of the "De Courten Plan"
• The British military in Italy : covert operations and secret contacts with the RSI
• pt. 2. American and British journalists, intellectuals, and the RSI. War press : the mockery of Mussolini's republic or the acknowledge of its good functioning and ideas
• Intellectuals and the RSI
• pt. 3. Post-9/8 prisoners of war. Post-9/8 prisoners of war : sowing the tares with wheat
• Fascist captives in US hands
• Fascist captives in British hands
• The RSI prisoners in Italy : legal and organisational problems.

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ISBN

• 9783034305631
• 303430563X

LCCN

^^2010050598

OCLC

690904736

RCP

H - S

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