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Lucetti Battalion
The ''Lucetti Battalion'' ( Italian: ''Batttaglione Lucetti'') was an anarchist partisan brigade that operated in the surroundings of Carrara. Anarchist Resistance in Carrara In Lunigiana and in the Carrara area, various libertarian formations operated with a total of about a thousand fighters: in addition to "''Gino Lucetti''" battalion there were the "''Lucetti bis''", the "''Michele Schirru''", the "''Garibaldi Lunense''", the "''Elio Wochiecevich''", the "''Sap Renato Macchiarini''" and the "''Sap-Fai''" groups. This was in contrast to the situation in most parts of Italy, where despite autonomous anarchist formations existing in a not negligible number, the anarchists mostly merged into the ''Garibaldi'' assault brigades or in the formations of ''Justice and Freedom''. The history and social conditions of Carrara instead created the conditions for the presence of autonomous anarchist partisan formations to be the highest in all of Italy. In particular, since the begin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
