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The Fall of Mussolini: Italy, the Italians, and the Second World War
The dramatic story of Mussolini's fall from power in July 1943, illuminating both the causes and the consequences of this momentous event. Morgan shows how Italians of all classes coped with the extraordinary pressures of wartime living, both on the military and home fronts, and how their experience of the country at war eventually distanced them from the dictator and his fascist regime. Looking beyond Mussolini's initial fall from power, Morgan examines how the Italian people responded to the invasion, occupation, and division of their country by Nazi German and Anglo-American forces - and how crucial the experience of this period was in shaping Italy's post-war sense of nationhood and transition to democracy.
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The Fall of Mussolini: Italy, the Italians, and the Second World War
The dramatic story of Mussolini's fall from power in July 1943, illuminating both the causes and the consequences of this momentous event. Morgan shows how Italians of all classes coped with the extraordinary pressures of wartime living, both on the military and home fronts, and how their experience of the country at war eventually distanced them from the dictator and his fascist regime. Looking beyond Mussolini's initial fall from power, Morgan examines how the Italian people responded to the invasion, occupation, and division of their country by Nazi German and Anglo-American forces - and how crucial the experience of this period was in shaping Italy's post-war sense of nationhood and transition to democracy.
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The Fall of Mussolini: Italy, the Italians, and the Second World War

The Fall of Mussolini: Italy, the Italians, and the Second World War

by Philip Morgan
The Fall of Mussolini: Italy, the Italians, and the Second World War
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The Fall of Mussolini: Italy, the Italians, and the Second World War

The Fall of Mussolini: Italy, the Italians, and the Second World War

by Philip Morgan

Overview

The dramatic story of Mussolini's fall from power in July 1943, illuminating both the causes and the consequences of this momentous event. Morgan shows how Italians of all classes coped with the extraordinary pressures of wartime living, both on the military and home fronts, and how their experience of the country at war eventually distanced them from the dictator and his fascist regime. Looking beyond Mussolini's initial fall from power, Morgan examines how the Italian people responded to the invasion, occupation, and division of their country by Nazi German and Anglo-American forces - and how crucial the experience of this period was in shaping Italy's post-war sense of nationhood and transition to democracy.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780191578755
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Publication date: 06/11/2008
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Philip Morgan is Senior Lecturer in Contemporary European History at the University of Hull. P.J.Morgan@hull.ac.uk]

Table of Contents


List of Illustrations     xiii
List of Maps     xiv
Abbreviations     xv
Introduction: Remembering the Second World War in Italy     1
The First Fall of Mussolini, July 1943     11
Fascist Italy at War, 1940-1943: Propaganda and Reality     34
Fascist Italy at War, 1940-1943: Collapse of the Home Front     72
The Forty-Five Days, July to September 1943     85
The Armistice, September 1943     93
The Invasion and Occupation of Italy, and the Kingdom of the South, 1943-1945     127
The Other Two Italies, and their Three Wars, 1943-1945     164
Continuing the Wars, and the Second Fall of Mussolini, April 1945     199
Conclusion: Italy's War     227
Notes     236
Select Bibliography     246
Picture Acknowledgements     254
Index     255
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