✦ History

Italian Civil War

September 8, 1943 – May 2, 1945 · Kingdom of Italy

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Italian partisans and the Kingdom of Italy fought Mussolini's Italian Social Republic and German forces in northern Italy. It ended with the liberation of Italy and the execution of Mussolini.

Sides

Italian Resistance

Italy
Alcide De Gasperi belligerent leader Giovanni Messe belligerent leader Ivanoe Bonomi belligerent leader Pietro Badoglio belligerent leader Ferruccio Parri belligerent leader Umberto II of Italy belligerent leader

Italian Social Republic

Germany
Benito Mussolini belligerent leader Albert Kesselring belligerent leader Rodolfo Graziani belligerent leader Pyotr Krasnov belligerent leader Heinrich von Vietinghoff belligerent leader