Resistance And The End Of Fascism

Question 1

Role of Italian partisans + resistance movements

Answer 1

Fought Germans + fascists
Communists, socialists, attacks on Axis forces
Allied support such as weapons, supplies, and training
Weakened German control + shaped post war Italy

Question 2

Nazi occupation of northern Italy and creation of the Italian social republic

Answer 2

After Italys surrender (1943) Nazi s took control of northern Italy
Italian social republic- Mussolini, rescued by Germans, became leader of puppet state in north (43-45)
Nazis provided military aid, including troops + resources
RSI deeply aligned with Nazi ideology, enforcing harsh measures
Partisan groups in north fought both RSI + German forces
The RSI collapsed as allied forces advanced, Mussolini was captured + executed on April 1945

Question 3

Mussolini’s capture and execution in 1945

Answer 3

Mussolini fled to northern Italy after Italys surrender in 1943
27 April, 1945, by Italian partisans near Lake Camo, while trying to escape to Switzerland
Mussolini, along with his mistress, were executed by firing squad 28 April, 1945
Bodies were hung upside down in Malians Piazza Loreto for public viewing
Marked the final collapse of Italian fascism + end of Mussolini’s rule