Republic of Salo Flashcards
(12 cards)
what happened during the 45 days?
this was the time between Mussolini’s dismissal and his escape
what happened in Italy after Mussolini was dismissed?
Demonstrations in favour of peace took place all across Italy and the Germans took control of Rome and Marshall Badoglio’s government held peace talks in secret with the allies
where and when was Mussolini imprisoned?
on the 28th of august 1943, Mussolini was transferred to a prison on Gran Sasso which is the highest mountain in the Ambruzzi region
how was the Republic of Salo created?
on the 13th of September, Mussolini met with Hitler at the Nazi control centre in East Prussia where Hitler demanded that Mussolini return to Italy at the head of a new fascist government that the Nazis would establish.
what were the weaknesses of the republic?
the new regime was heavily reliant on German arms and they only controlled a small part of northern Italy which was completely the opposite of Mussolini’s previous regime which aimed to create an autarky as well as the lack of support that Mussolini had during the war due to repeated military failures.
who made up the new government?
it was largely made up of radical fascists who had been a part of the violent black shirt militia such as Farinacci
what was the republic of Salo like?
it became a brutal regime with which spawned a feared militia which included between 50,000 and 140000 men as well as a navy and an air force
who was killed in 1944?
5 leading fascists including Ciano
what did the Verona Manifesto say?
declared Judaism a nationality and declared jews the enemy of the state and 7500 were sent from Italian work camps to Nazi death camps where they were all killed
what did german policy say about the death of German soldiers?
it was said that for the death of every german soldier, 10 italians would die
what took place in the south of italy?
this government had virtually no power due to the allied take over which meant that there was a strong emphasis on antifascist politicians such as Bonomi
what was the aftermath of the war on Italy?
the economy and infrastructure was ruined and many italians lacked food and clean water. the cost of living was 23x higher than it was a only 5 years earlier and millions were unemployed
