#resistenza partigiana

Partisans after liberation of Florence.

TheItalianresistance movement(inIt.Resistenza italiana or simply Resistenza) is the umbrella term for the various partisan forces formed by pro-Allied Italians during World War II. They were also known as the Partisan Resistance, in Italian: Resistenza partigiana. On April 19, 1945, concurrent with the renewal of the Allied offensive, the CLN (Comitato di Liberazione Nazionale) called out a general insurrection. Bologna was liberated on April 21 by the Italian Co-Belligerent ArmyandFree Polish Forces under Allied command. ParmaandReggio Emilia were liberated on April 24. TurinandMilan were liberated on April 25 when Fascists retreated. Over 14,000 German and Fascist troops were captured in Genoa on April 26 and 27, when General Meinhold surrendered to the CLN.