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Peter Tompkins

Peter Tompkins was one of the protagonists of the "war of spies" played out in occupied Italy. In the postwar period, he...

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Giorgio Marincola

Long forgotten, the figure of Giorgio Marincola has been rediscovered in recent years as a symbol of the colonial crimes...

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Mark Wayne Clark

US General Mark Wayne Clark at the beginning of WWII was the main collaborator of General Dwight Eisenhower. He took com...

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Giuseppe Maria Palatucci

Mons. Giuseppe Maria Palatucci was born in Montella, in the province of Avellino, on 25 April 1892 to Giovanni and Carme...

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Eugenio Curiel

Eugenio Curiel was one of the most brilliant and tragic figures of the Italian Resistance. A brilliant scientist but a r...

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Edgardo Sogno

Edgardo Sogno played several pivotal roles in Italian history. During the Resistance, he stood out as the founder of the...

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The Resistance of Sesto San Giovanni workers

Sesto San Giovanni, north of Milan, is the city's most important industrial area and among the most important in Italy. ...

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From Polytechnic to 'Polytechnic'

Milan has always been the city of technology. The Polytechnic, its specialised university, was one of the hubs of the Re...

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Giovanni Palatucci

Giovanni Palatucci was born in Montella (Avellino) on 29 May 1909. There were three ecclesiastical persons in his family...

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Vincenzo Ferrante Gonzaga

Vincenzo Ferrante Gonzaga was an Italian soldier who died in WWII, and he was awarded a gold and silver medal of militar...

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Maiella Brigade

The Maiella Brigade is a partisan formation that operated near the Gustav Line during the campaign to liberate Italy fro...

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The 1st Italian Motorised Regiment

The 1st Motorised Regiment was the first combat unit of the reconstituted Italian army to be involved in Allied military...

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Italian Liberation Corps

The Italian Liberation Corps were a military unit of the reconstituted Italian army that from March 1944 directly contri...

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Don Malarkey's symbolisches Treffen in Bois Jacques (Jack's Wood)

Sergeant Donald 'Don' Malarkey war Mitglied des 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment der U.S. 101st Airborne Division. Der ...

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Addi Bâ Mamadou

Addi Bâ Mamadou, oder Hady Bah Mamadou, wurde 1916 in Guinea geboren. Während des Zweiten Weltkriegs war er Soldat in de...

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Oldřich Babka

Oldřich Babka, born in Pilsen in 1925, was a grammar school student during the war and was forced to join the local Ger...

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Luděk Dembrovský

Luděk Dembovský was born on December 11, 1929 and grew up in Pilsen. In May 1945, he experienced bombing and the arrival...

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Josef Vlach

Josef Vlach was born on 20 September 1919 in Pilsen. At the outbreak of war, he fought against the German invasion of Cz...

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Jiří Rádl

Jiří Rádl was born on 7 January 1928 in Pilsen. During the Second World War, he and his classmates from the fourth year ...

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James Duncan

During the Second World War, Sergeant James H. Duncan Snr was commander of the “F” Company of the 38th Infantry Regiment...

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Ida Milotova

Ida Milotová (née Roučková) was born in Karlovy Vary in 1928. She grew up in Plzeň where her father was in charge of the...

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Sergeant Stanley Hollis

Stanley Hollis war der einzige Soldat, der am 6. Juni 1944 mit dem Victoria-Kreuz ausgezeichnet wurde....

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Operation Goodwood

Am 18. Juli 1944 startete General Montgomery südöstlich von Caen eine neue Offensive, die Operation Goodwood, um die sei...

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Tadeusz Wyrwa

Tadeusz diente mit seinem Vater in der Heimatarmee. Er diente in der Partisanen-Einheit des legendären Majors Dobrzański...

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