page_title: Italian resistance movement
hierarchical_section_title: Italian resistance movement
caption_attribution_description: Partigiani dell'Ossola, il secondo da sinistra é Giuseppe Gisondi 3ª divisione Garibaldina classe 1923, il primo a sinistra Aldo Aniasi
context_page_description: The Italian resistance movement is an umbrella term for Italian resistance groups during World War II. It was opposed to the forces of Nazi Germany as well as Nazi Germany's Italian puppet state regime, the Italian Social Republic, especially following the German invasion and military occupation of Italy between September 1943 and April 1945. Known as partisans, the brutal conflict they took part in is referred to as the Italian Liberation War or as the Italian Civil War. The modern Italian Republic was declared to be founded on the struggle of the Resistance.
context_section_description: The Italian resistance movement (Italian: Resistenza italiana or just la Resistenza) is an umbrella term for Italian resistance groups during World War II. It was opposed to the forces of Nazi Germany as well as Nazi Germany's Italian puppet state regime, the Italian Social Republic, especially following the German invasion and military occupation of Italy between September 1943 and April 1945, (though the resistance to the Fascist Italian government began even prior to World War II). Known as partisans (Italian: partigiani), the brutal conflict they took part in is referred to as the Italian Liberation War (when referring to the part they took in the Italian Campaign against the Germans and the rest of the Axis) or as the Italian Civil War (when referring specifically to their conflict with Italian Fascists). The modern Italian Republic was declared to be founded on the struggle of the Resistance.
caption: Flag of the National Liberation Committee and some members of the Italian resistance in Ossola, 1944.
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