La Disperata
''La Disperata'' was the name given to the group of bodyguards who protected Gabriele D'Annunzio. It was taken up in turn by a number of later Squadrismo, squadre and Fascism, fascist military units in Italy between 1921 and 1945. At Fiume The origins of the name go back to the Fiume expedition of 1919. The writer Gabriele D'Annunzio seized control of the city, planning to unify it with the Kingdom of Italy, and creating the short-lived Italian Regency of Carnaro. Guido Keller formed a military corps from volunteers who has made their way to Rijeka, Fiume from Italy and had camped out in the city's shipyards. Keller experimented with his ideas of a new military order, making them march bare-chested and singing through the streets of the city. In the evenings they gathered at a restaurant called “La Torretta”, where they started hand grenade fights. This corps took the name ''La Disperata'' meaning “(the guard) of desperate men”, and became famous among the ''arditi'' a ...
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