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National Liberation Committee For Northern Italy
The Committee of National Liberation for Northern Italy (, CLNAI) was set up in February 1944 by Partisan (military), partisans behind Nazi Germany, German lines in the Italian Social Republic, a German puppet state in Northern Italy. It enjoyed the loyalty of most anti-fascist groups in the region. History In Milan, a September 1944 meeting decided a northern National Liberation Committee, within the Italian Social Republic that was established in 1943, was important. National Liberation Committee, National Liberation Committee (CLN) leaders of Rome led by Bonomi recognized in January 1944 the need for coordination of the partisan struggle in the north and then the delegates were Committee of Milan all political and military powers for Upper Italy, despite some disagreement with the Committee of Turin. Directed by independent Alfredo Pizzoni ("Longhi"), the committee became CLNAI Milan (National Liberation Committee for Northern Italy) and the rest of the Resistance led effectivel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Partisan (military)
A partisan is a member of an irregular military force formed to oppose control of an area by a foreign power or by an army of military occupation, occupation by some kind of insurgent activity. The term can apply to the field element of resistance movements. The most common use in present parlance in several languages refers to Resistance during World War II, occupation resistance fighters during World War II, especially under the Yugoslav Partisans, Yugoslav partisan leader Josip Broz Tito. History before 1939 The initial concept of partisan warfare involved the use of militia , troops raised from the local population in a war zone (or in some cases regular forces) who would operate behind enemy front line , lines to disrupt communications, seize posts or villages as forward-operating bases, ambush convoys, impose war taxes or contributions, raid logistical stockpiles, and compel enemy forces to disperse and protect their base of operations. George Satterfield has analyse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrico Falck
Enrico Falck was an Italian entrepreneur, member of the board of directors of the Falck Industries. He joined the Italian Christian Democracy, and was an Italian Senator from Lombardy. Political career In 1934 Falck was named by king Vittorio Emanuele III senator of the kingdom. In 1945 he was expelled from the upper house due his involvement with fascism. Italian Senate webpage about Falck Falck Industries, based in , was a leader of iron and steel
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Yugoslav Resistance
Yugoslav or Yugoslavian may refer to: * Yugoslavia, or any of the three historic states carrying that name: ** Kingdom of Yugoslavia, a European monarchy which existed 1918–1945 (officially called "Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes" 1918–1929) ** Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia or SFR Yugoslavia, a federal republic which succeeded the monarchy and existed 1945–1992 ** Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, or FR Yugoslavia, a new federal state formed by two successor republics of SFR Yugoslavia established in 1992 and renamed "Serbia and Montenegro" in 2003 before its dissolution in 2006 * Yugoslav government-in-exile, an official government of Yugoslavia, headed by King Peter II * Yugoslav Counter-Intelligence Service * Yugoslav Inter-Republic League * Yugoslav Social-Democratic Party, a political party in Slovenia and Istria during the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia * Serbo-Croatian language, proposed in 1861 and rejected as the legal name of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Resistance
The French Resistance (french: La Résistance) was a collection of organisations that fought the German occupation of France during World War II, Nazi occupation of France and the Collaborationism, collaborationist Vichy France, Vichy régime during the World War II, Second World War. Resistance Clandestine cell system, cells were small groups of armed men and women (called the Maquis (World War II), Maquis in rural areas) who, in addition to their guerrilla warfare activities, were also publishers of underground newspapers, providers of first-hand intelligence information, and maintainers of escape networks that helped Allies of World War II, Allied soldiers and airmen trapped behind enemy lines. The Resistance's men and women came from all economic levels and political leanings of French society, including émigrés, academics, students, Aristocratic family, aristocrats, conservative Catholic Church, Roman Catholics (including priests and Yvonne Beauvais, nuns), Protestantis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filippo Jacini
Filippo is an Italian male given name, which is the equivalent of the English name Philip, from the Greek ''Philippos'', meaning "amante dei cavalli".''Behind the Name''"Given Name Philip" Retrieved on 23 January 2016. The female variant is Filippa. The name may refer to: * Filippo I Colonna (1611–1639), Italian nobleman *Filippo II Colonna (1663–1714), Italian noblemen *Filippo Abbiati (1640–1715), Italian painter *Filippo Baldinucci (1624–1697), Italian historian *Filippo Brunelleschi (1377–1446), Italian architect * Filippo Carli (1876–1938), Italian sociologist * Filippo Castagna (1765–1830), Maltese politician * Filippo Coarelli (born 1936), Italian archaeologist * Filippo Coletti (1811–1894), Italian singer * Filippo di Piero Strozzi (1541–1582), French general *Filippo Salvatore Gilii (1721–1789), Italian priest and linguist * Filippo Grandi (born 1957), Italian diplomat *Filippo Illuminato (1930-1943), Italian partisan, recipient of the Gold Medal o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achille Marazza
Achille is a French and Italian masculine given name, derived from the Greek mythological hero Achilles. It may refer to: People Artists * Achille Beltrame (1871–1945), Italian painter * Achille Calici (c. 1565–?), Italian painter * Achille Castiglioni (1918–2002), Italian designer * Achille Cattaneo (1872–1931), Italian painter * Achille Devéria (1800–1857), French painter and lithographer * Achille Duchêne (1866–1947), French garden designer * Achille Empéraire (1829–1898), French painter * Achille Formis (1832–1906), Italian painter * Achille Funi (1890–1972), Italian painter * Achille Glisenti (1848–1906), Italian painter * Achille Granchi-Taylor (1857–1921), French painter and illustrator * Achille Leonardi (c. 1800–1870), Italian painter * Achille Locatelli (painter) (1864–1948), Italian painter * Achille Mauzan ((1883–1952), French illustrator, painter and sculptor * Achille Etna Michallon (1796–1822), French painter * Achille Mollica (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augusto De Gasperi
Augusto is an Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish given name or surname. Notable people with the name include: *Augusto Aníbal *Augusto dos Anjos *Augusto Arbizo *Augusto Barbera (born 1938), Italian law professor, politician and judge *Augusto Benedico *Augusto Boal *Augusto de Campos *Augusto César Sandino *Augusto Fantozzi *Augusto Genina *Augusto B. Leguía *Augusto Monterroso * Augusto Odone, Italian economist who invented Lorenzo's oil *Augusto Pestana (1868-1934) *Augusto Pinochet *Augusto Righi *Augusto Roa Bastos *Augusto Silj *Augusto Vargas Alzamora *Augusto de Vasconcelos *Augusto Vera ;People in sports *Augusto (footballer, born 1992), Brazilian football player, full name Augusto Bruno da Silva *Augusto Farfus, Brazilian race car driver *Augusto Fernández, Argentine footballer *Augusto Franqui, Cuban baseball player *Augusto Inácio, Portuguese footballer * Augusto Oliveira da Silva Brazilian footballer *Luís Augusto Osório Romão (1983) Brazilian footballer *César ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandro Pertini
Alessandro "Sandro" Pertini (; 25 September 1896 – 24 February 1990) was an Italian socialist politician who served as the president of Italy from 1978 to 1985. Early life Born in Stella (Province of Savona) as the son of a wealthy landowner, Alberto, he studied at a Salesian college in Varazze, and completed his schooling at the "''Chiabrera''" lyceum (high school) in Savona. His philosophy teacher was Adelchi Baratono, a reformist socialist who contributed to his approach to socialism and probably introduced him to the inner circles of the Ligurian labour movements. Pertini obtained a law degree from the University of Genoa. Aged 19 when Italy entered World War I on the side of the Triple Entente, Pertini opposed the war, but nonetheless enlisted in the army where he served as a lieutenant and was decorated for bravery. After the armistice in 1918, he joined the Unitary Socialist Party, PSU, then he settled in Florence where he also graduated in political science with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Valiani
Leo Valiani (''Weiczen Leó''; 9 February 1909 – 18 September 1999) was an Italian historian, politician and journalist. Early life Valiani was born in ''Fiume'' (now Rijeka), on the Adriatic Sea (then in Hungarian part of Austria-Hungary, now in Croatia) to a Hungarian Jewish family. His surname would be forcibly Italianized, from Weiczen to Valiani, by the regime in 1927. In later childhood, Valiani lived in Trieste, and later, Italy. Career and activities In 1930, Valiani was sentenced to five years in prison for anti-Fascist acts he had committed in the 1920s. Valiani left for exile in France once he was released, before leaving for Spain where he fought during the Civil War on the side of the Republicans.Obituary: Leo Valiani The Independent, 27 September 1999 In 1939, after the defeat by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emilio Sereni
Emilio Sereni (13 August 1907, Rome – 20 March 1977, Rome) was an Italian writer, politician and historian. Biography Born into a Jewish family of anti-fascist intellectuals, Sereni graduated from the Liceo Terenzio Mamiani in Rome. Brother of the Zionist and socialist Enzo Sereni, co-founder of the kibbutz Givat Brenner, and of Enrico Sereni, a scientist linked to the anti-fascist movement ''Giustizia e Libertà'', who committed suicide at a young age. In 1926, Sereni joined the Italian Communist Party and one year later he graduated in agronomy in Portici, starting shortly after a work of proselytism in the Neapolitan area, where he met Giorgio Amendola. In 1930 he went to Paris and came into contact with Palmiro Togliatti. Returning to Italy in September of the same year, he was arrested and sentenced by the Special Tribunal for the Defense of the State to twenty years, then reduced to 15 for the accumulation of penalties. Amnestied in 1935, Sereni fled to Paris with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigi Longo
Luigi Longo (15 March 1900 – 16 October 1980), also known as Gallo, was an Italian communist politician and secretary of the Italian Communist Party from 1964 to 1972. He was also the first foreigner to be awarded an Order of Lenin. Early life Luigi Longo was born in Fubine, in the province of Alessandria, Piedmont. As a student at the Politecnico di Torino, he became active in the youth wing of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI), and engaged in political propaganda from a Marxist perspective. He was a regular visitor to the offices of ''L'Ordine Nuovo'', the newspaper founded by Antonio Gramsci, and became acquainted with Gramsci and Palmiro Togliatti. In 1921, at the Livorno Congress of the PSI, he was one of the instigators of the split in the party, when supporters of Vladimir Lenin's Bolshevik line left to form the Italian Communist Party (PCI). He became a leading figure in the new PCI along with Togliatti, Gramsci and others. Longo was a fervent anti-fascist, and, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Morandi
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and '' berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
