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Italian Social Republic
historical area, Italy
Also known as: Repubblica Sociale Italiana
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history of Italy
- In Italy: The republic of Salò (the Italian Social Republic) and the German occupation
…as ruler of the “Italian Social Republic,” a last-ditch puppet Fascist regime based in Salò on Lake Garda. The republic tried to induct those born in 1923, 1924, and 1925 into its army, but only 40 percent of young men responded. Many others deserted soon after the call-up. In…
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role of Mussolini
- In Benito Mussolini: Role in World War II of Benito Mussolini
But the Repubblica Sociale Italiana thus established at Salò was, as Mussolini himself grimly admitted to visitors, no more than a puppet government at the mercy of the German command. And there, living in dreams and “thinking only of history and how he would appear in it,”…
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