This is a thread to discuss the military history of italy during world war ii. From roman legions to medieval knights and crusaders, from the arditi and frogmen to the alpini, bersaglieri and carabinieri, this page offers photos, images and. The aftermath of world war ii left italy with a destroyed economy and a divided society. Strictly speaking its not a book about the postwar period as its about naples in 1944 rather than in 1945 or 1946, but i chose it because it shows what life was like immediately after the liberation of the south of italy. Bbc ww2 peoples war a childhood in nazioccupied italy. He is widely recognized as an authority on the second world war, and has often spoken on tv and radio, both in britain and the united states. In the 62 years since its end, thousands of books have been written. The history of italy covers the ancient period, the middle ages and the modern era. The best books on the aftermath of world war ii five. Europe in the aftermath of world war ii, and the critically acclaimed history inferno.
Military history of italy during world war ii showing 1. In antiquity, italy was the homeland of the romans and the metropole of the roman empire. It was opposed to the forces of nazi germany as well as nazi germanys puppet state local regime, the italian social republic, especially following the german invasion and military occupation of italy between september 1943 and april 1945. In the second volume of his world war ii history, rick atkinson describes.
The book thief by markus zusak, all the light we cannot see by anthony doerr, the nightingale by kristin hannah, night by elie wies. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about the italian campaign like never before. After world war ii and the overthrow of mussolinis fascist regime, italys history was dominated by the christian democracy political party for 48 yearsfrom the 1946 election until the 1994 electionwhile the opposition was led by the italian communist party. In the final push to defeat the axis powers of italy. On 2 june 1946, the republican side won 54% of the vote and italy officially became a republic. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. This war reached its peaked between 19451949 after world war ii.
In one novel, a chinese family watches an invasion upend their peaceful, rural life. The epic history of the italians and their food john dickie, 2007. Terrorism in italy from 1945 to date is a book written by giovanni pellegrino, an italian lawyer. After the painful civil war that followed world war ii, italy rediscovered liberal democracy. Still in print 50 years after publication, outdated in parts, yet full of insights into the italian psyche, which are as apt today as they were in 1964. Favourite ww2 books set in italy 77 books goodreads. By turns disturbing and heroic, they represent some of the greatest works of world war ii literature, offering a multicultural perspective of the deadliest conflict in human history. The final allied victory over the axis in italy did not come until the spring offensive of 1945, after allied troops had breached the gothic line, leading to the surrender of german and rsi forces in italy on 2 may shortly before germany finally surrendered ending world war ii in europe on 8 may. The top 10 books about italy history books the guardian. Japan lost its army and lands and was nuked but i never heard what punishments italy had after the war or anything. This situation changed due to an external shockthe crisis and dissolution of the soviet unionand an internal onethe tangentopoli corruption scandal and operation mani pulite. The history of the allied operations that knocked fascist italy out of the war chronicles the crucial fighting, which featured the largest amphibious invasion in history at the time. The italian campaign, from july 10, 1943, to may 2, 1945, was a series of allied beach landings and land battles from sicily and southern italy up the italian mainland toward nazi germany during. People love to read about one of the worst events in history.
What happened to italy after world war 2 germany had a wall and russia just russia. An absolutely gripping, emotional, world war 2 historical novel. This is an apolitical forum for discussions on the axis nations and related topics hosted by the axis history factbook in cooperation with christian ankerstjernes panzerworld and christoph awenders ww2 day by day. The number of world war ii books available is vast.
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