"Italian participation in WW2 - how to explore?" Topic
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| redcoat | 10 Sep 2019 6:29 a.m. PST |
Hi all, A colleague of mine is interested in exploring Italy's participation in WW2 – with an emphasis on popular involvement in / commitment to / views on the war. She is especially interested in events in 1943, with the Allied invasion of Italy (starting with Husky), leading to Italy's eventual switch to the Allied side. Might anyone please very kindly recommend anything in terms of reading or documentaries? To emphasise: she's not interested in the minutiae of military ops, specifications of weapons, etc. etc. It's Italy's broader participation in the war, and esp. the public angle, that she wants to explore. Thanks very much in advance for any suggestions! |
HMS Exeter  | 10 Sep 2019 7:01 a.m. PST |
As a starting point… Wikipedia's syllabus on the subject. Bosworth, R. J. B. Mussolini's Italy: Life Under the Fascist Dictatorship, 1915–1945 (2007) De Grazia, Victoria. How Fascism Ruled Women: Italy, 1922–1945 (1993) Tracy Koon, Believe, Obey, Fight: Political Socialization in Fascist Italy 1922–1943 (U North Carolina Press, 1985), Morgan, D. Italian Fascism, 1919–1945 (1995). Wilhelm, Maria de Blasio. The Other Italy: Italian Resistance in World War II. W. W. Norton, 1988. 272 pp. Williams, Isobel. Allies and Italians under Occupation: Sicily and Southern Italy, 1943-45 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013). xiv + 308 pp. online review Willson, Perry. "Empire, Gender and the 'Home Front' in Fascist Italy." Women's History Review 16#4 (2007): 487-500. FWIW |
 Legion 4 | 10 Sep 2019 12:06 p.m. PST |
 They were considered the "weak link" in the Axis. Regardless many, many died not only in NA but even more on the Eastern Front. Many never came home …
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| 4th Cuirassier | 11 Sep 2019 1:33 a.m. PST |
It was all about the campanilismo. |
| Tired Mammal | 11 Sep 2019 3:48 a.m. PST |
James Holland's Italy's sorrow. While detailed and only really deals with 3rd Monte Cassino till the end has a lot of details and personal stories of Civilians, partisans and pro fascists and what motivated them. |
| Mark 1 | 12 Sep 2019 3:00 p.m. PST |
I would also suggest the Commando Supremo website: comandosupremo.com Don't know if there is much of a general overview, but in terms of "exploring" Italian participation in WW2, it's hard to beat. -Mark
(aka: Mk 1) |
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