Italy at Civil War Flashcards
When was Mussolini deposed and arrested?
July 25 1943
Who did King Victor Emmanuel III impose as Prime Minister in 1943?
Pietro Badoglio
When did Italy surrender to the Allies?
September 8.
Up to how many Italian soldiers were taken prisoner by the Nazis?
600,000
What percentage of Italian men refused to swear allegiance to the newly established Italian Social Republic?
Around 95%!
When was the Italian Social Republic (RSI) established with Mussolini as Head of Government?
September 23.
When did Pietro Badoglio and General Eisenhower sign the Italian surrender aboard Nelson off Malta?
September 23 1943
In danger of being captured Badoglio and the Italian royal family escaped to where?
Pescara - where a new government was set up under the protection of the Allies
When did the Italian government declare war on Germany?
13th October 1943
Italian partisans inflicted a minimum of how many casualties on the Germans?
20,000 (5,000 killed, 7,000 to 8,000 captured/missing and the wounded)
What groups made up the partisan fighters
Communists, catholics, the action party
What to happened to Ciano and De Bono?
executed by Salo Republic troops in 1944 for voting against Mussolini in the Fascist Grand Council VONC (Vote Of No Confidence)
How many jews did the fascist militia send to death camps
7500
How many men joined to fascist militia in the north
50,000
How many people were left dead by partisans in the ardeatine caves
335
