The hard way home: Italian troops in Yugoslavia after the 8 September 1943 Armistice
2019; Publishing Society Dante Alighieri; Volume: 103; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1400/268161
ISSN0029-6236
Autores Tópico(s)Balkans: History, Politics, Society
ResumoThe paper deals with the fate of Italian troops stationed in Yugoslavia in theperiod from the 8 September 1943 Armistice between Italy and the Allies to the endof World War II. Based on Italian and foreign historiography, memoirs and documentsdrawn from Italian and foreign archives, the paper aims at examining the roleplayed by Italian troops fighting alongside the partisan units in Yugoslavia after thearmistice, and at closing some gaps in the historiography of World War II, specific tothis issue. It will also concentrate on the fate of the thousands of Italians taken byTito’s army as prisoners of war who suffered a very harsh treatment. Among the latterand the Italians fighting alongside the partisans, an antifascist propaganda activitywas carried out with the aim of re-educating them into antifascists. Thefinal partwill deal with the servicemen’s repatriation and will show how the Italian prisonersof war were used by Tito as a bargaining chip in order to obtain some advantages,such as the recognition by the Italian government of the new Yugoslav State
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